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Quality Assurance

Quality assurance focuses on defect prevention through processes, while quality control focuses on defect identification in products. Quality assurance aims to establish good quality management systems and audit processes to prevent defects. Quality control identifies defects after product development through tools and testing to ensure customer requirements are met. The goal of quality assurance is to improve processes, while quality control aims to identify defects in finished products before release.

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Quality Assurance

Quality assurance focuses on defect prevention through processes, while quality control focuses on defect identification in products. Quality assurance aims to establish good quality management systems and audit processes to prevent defects. Quality control identifies defects after product development through tools and testing to ensure customer requirements are met. The goal of quality assurance is to improve processes, while quality control aims to identify defects in finished products before release.

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Quality Assurance is process oriented and focuses on defect prevention,

while quality control is product oriented and focuses on


defect identification.

Comparison chart
Quality Assurance versus Quality Control comparison chart
Quality Assurance
Definition QA is a set of activities for
ensuring quality in the
processes by which products
are developed.
Focus on QA aims to prevent defects
with a focus on the process
used to make the product. It is
a proactive quality process.

Quality Control
QC is a set of activities for
ensuring quality in products.
The activities focus on
identifying defects in the
actual products produced.
QC aims to identify (and
correct) defects in the
finished product. Quality
control, therefore, is a
reactive process.

Goal The goal of QA is to improve


development and test
processes so that defects do
not arise when the product is
being developed.

The goal of QC is to identify


defects after a product is
developed and before it's
released.

How Establish a good quality


management system and the
assessment of its adequacy.
Periodic conformance audits of
the operations of the system.

Finding & eliminating sources


of quality problems through
tools & equipment so that
customer's requirements are
continually met.

What Prevention of quality problems


through planned and
systematic activities including
documentation.

The activities or techniques


used to achieve and maintain
the product quality, process
and service.

Responsibility Everyone on the team involved


in developing the product is

Quality control is usually


theresponsibility of a specific

Quality Assurance versus Quality Control comparison chart


Quality Assurance

Quality Control

responsible for quality


assurance.

team that tests the product


for defects.

Example Verification is an example of


QA
Statistical Statistical Tools & Techniques
Techniques can be applied in both QA &
QC. When they are applied to
processes (process inputs &
operational parameters), they
are called Statistical Process
Control (SPC); & it becomes
the part of QA.
As a tool QA is a managerial tool
Orientation QA is process oriented

Validation/Software Testing is
an example of QC
When statistical tools &
techniques are applied to
finished products (process
outputs), they are called as
Statistical Quality Control
(SQC) & comes under QC.

QC is a corrective tool
QC is product oriented

Differences between Quality Assurance and Quality Control


Definitions of QA and QC

Quality Assurance (QA) refers to the process used to create the


deliverables, and can be performed by a manager, client, or even a
third-party reviewer. Examples of quality assurance include process
checklists, project audits and methodology and standards
development.

Quality Control (QC) refers to quality related activities associated


with the creation of project deliverables. Quality control is used to
verify that deliverables are of acceptable quality and that they are
complete and correct. Examples of quality control activities include
inspection, deliverable peer reviews and the testing process.

Quality control is about adherence to requirements. Quality


assurance is generic and does not concern the specific requirements
of the product being developed.

Quality assurance activities are determined before production work


begins and these activities are performed while the product is being
developed. In contrast, Quality control activities are
performed after the product is developed.

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