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QualityAssurancevsQualityControlWhatistheDifference?
ThemostfrequentlyaskedquestionQualityAssurancevsQualityControl:
WhatisQuality?
Qualityismeetingtherequirement,expectationandneedsofthecustomerbeingfreefromdefects,lacksand
substantialvariants.Therearestandardsneedstofollowtosatisfythecustomerrequirements.
WhatisAssurance?
Assuranceisprovidedbyorganizationmanagement,itmeansgivingapositivedeclarationonaproductwhich
obtainsconfidencefortheoutcome.Itgivesasecuritythattheproductwillworkwithoutanyglitchesasperthe
expectationsorrequests.
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WhatisQualityAssurance?
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QualityAssuranceisknownasQAandfocusesonpreventingdefect.QualityAssuranceensuresthattheapproaches,techniques,methodsandprocessesaredesignedfor
theprojectsareimplementedcorrectly.Qualityassuranceactivitiesmonitorandverifythattheprocessesusedtomanageandcreatethedeliverableshavebeenfollowed
andareoperative.
QualityAssuranceisaproactiveprocessandisPreventioninnature.Itrecognizesflawsintheprocess.QualityAssurancehastocompletebeforeQualityControl.
WhatisControl?
Controlistotestorverifyactualresultsbycomparingitwiththedefinedstandards.
WhatisQualityControl?
QualityControlisknownasQCandfocusesonidentifyingdefect.QCensuresthattheapproaches,techniques,methodsandprocessesaredesignedintheprojectare
followingcorrectly.QCactivitiesmonitorandverifythattheprojectdeliverablesmeetthedefinedqualitystandards.
QualityControlisareactiveprocessandisdetectioninnature..Itrecognizesthedefects.QualityControlhastocompleteafterQualityAssurance.
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Differencebetweenqualityassuranceandqualitycontrol
ManypeoplethinkQAandQCaresameandinterchangeablebutthisisnottrue.Botharetightlylinkedandsometimesitisverydifficulttoidentifythedifferences.Fact
isbotharerelatedtoeachotherbuttheyaredifferentinorigins.QAandQCbotharepartofQualityManagementhoweverQAisfocusingonpreventingdefectwhileQC
isfocusingonidentifyingthedefect.
QualityAssurancevsQualityControl
QualityAssurance QualityControl
Itisaprocesswhichdeliberateon QCisaprocesswhichdeliberateson
providingassurancethatquality fulfillingthequalityrequest.
requestwillbeachieved.
AQAaimistopreventthedefect. AQCaimistoidentifyandimprove
thedefects.
QAisthetechniqueofmanagingthe QCismethodtoverifythequality.
quality.
QAdoesnotinvolveexecutingthe QCalwaysinvolvesexecutingthe
program. program.
Allteammembersareresponsible TestingteamisresponsibleforQC.
forQA.
QAe.g.Verification. QCe.g.Validation.
QAmeansPlanningfordoinga QCMeansActionforexecutingthe
process. plannedprocess.
StatisticalTechniqueusedonQAis StatisticalTechniqueusedonQCis
knownasStatisticalProcessControl knownasStatisticalQualityControl
(SPC.) (SPC.)
QAmakessureyouaredoingthe QCmakessuretheresultsofwhat
rightthings. youvedonearewhatyouexpected.
QADefinesstandardsand QCensuresthatthestandardsare
methodologiestofollowedinorder followedwhileworkingonthe
tomeetthecustomerrequirements. product.
QAistheprocesstocreatethe QCistheprocesstoverifythat
deliverables. deliverables.
QAisresponsibleforfullsoftware QCisresponsibleforsoftware
developmentlifecycle. testinglifecycle.
KeyPoints
InQA,processesareplannedtoevadethedefects.
QCagreementswithdiscoverythedefectsandmodifyingthemwhilemakingtheproduct.
QAdetectsweakness.
QCdetectsdefects.
QAisprocessoriented
QCisproductoriented.
QAisfailurepreventionsystem.
QCisfailuredetectionsystem.
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