Quality Assurance and Quality Control

• The difference between quality assurance and quality control is that

  • Quality assurance aims to assure that quality work and quality deliverables will be built in before work is done
  • Quality control aims to determine that quality work and quality deliverables did occur after work was done
  • Quality control is conducted by inspection and testing

    • Of materials, workmanship and product

• Quality control is all about

  • Conformance to requirements

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