QA/QC is the combination of
quality assurance, the process or set of processes used to measure and assure the
quality
Quality may refer to:
Concepts
*Quality (business), the ''non-inferiority'' or ''superiority'' of something
*Quality (philosophy), an attribute or a property
* Quality (physics), in response theory
*Energy quality, used in various science discipl ...
of a
product
Product may refer to:
Business
* Product (business), an item that serves as a solution to a specific consumer problem.
* Product (project management), a deliverable or set of deliverables that contribute to a business solution
Mathematics
* Prod ...
, and
quality control, the process of ensuring products and
services
Service may refer to:
Activities
* Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty
* Civil service, the body of employees of a government
* Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...
meet
consumer
A consumer is a person or a group who intends to order, or uses purchased goods, products, or services primarily for personal, social, family, household and similar needs, who is not directly related to entrepreneurial or business activities. ...
expectations.
"Quality assurance" is process oriented and focuses on defect prevention, while "quality control" is product oriented and focuses on defect identification.
The term 'defect' here refers to '
product defect A product defect is any characteristic of a product which hinders its usability for the purpose for which it was designed and manufactured.
Product defects arise most prominently in legal contexts regarding product safety, where the term is app ...
'.
See also
*
Project management
Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. T ...
*
Quality management
Quality management ensures that an organization, product or service consistently functions well. It has four main components: quality planning, quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement. Quality management is focused not ...
References
External links
* McVittie, L
Quality Assurance vs Quality Control Patient Guard, Ltd. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
Quality control
Quality assurance
Quality
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