The Chinook fiasco is, like most quality issues, really a project management fiasco. The decision to do special software rather than get Boeing to do it, then a series of oversight failures on known problems.
Sure, stupid tools are pointless. But usefull tools...
If the point is to reduce the number of errors then it helps to at least have a checklist of the errors, and someone reminding the team of the checklist. Checklist process is one of the easiest quality and safety tools to implement.
Having a premade checklist that makes sense in the form of a process plan makes things easier.
The Chinook fiasco is, like most quality issues, really a project management fiasco. The decision to do special software rather than get Boeing to do it, then a series of oversight failures on known problems.