Build Quality In
Category: Lean Principles
Principle Intent
Treat quality as a built-in system property rather than an inspection step at the end. Preventing defects at the source is always faster and cheaper than detecting and fixing them later.
How to Apply This Principle
This principle is part of the Entrowise Principles Library and is used in the PPA Method to diagnose recurring delivery problems and develop principle-aligned actions. When this principle is violated, delivery teams often experience recurring symptoms that resist solution because the root cause—the violated principle—is never addressed directly.