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What's the difference between quality Assurance and Quality control if both are meant in the end to verify the Product quality? :)

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Question added by Amani Inaim , IT Compliance Business Analyst , BLOM BANK
Date Posted: 2014/02/16
Anand Amala Selvaraj M R
by Anand Amala Selvaraj M R , IT Project Manager , DELL International Services Private Limited

 

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Quality Assurance is a part of quality management process which concentrate on  providing confidence that quality requirements will be fulfilled

Quality Control is a part of quality management process which concentrates on fulfilling the quality requirements.

Quality Assurance is a set of activities for ensuring quality in the processes by which products are developed.

Quality Control is a set of activities for ensuring quality in products. The activities focus on identifying defects in the actual products produced.

Quality Assurance is the process of managing for quality

Quality Control is used to verify the quality of the output

The goal of Quality Assurance is to prevent introducing defects in the software application which help to improve the development and testing processes

The goal of Quality Control is to identify the defects in the software application after it is developed

QA is Pro-active means it identifies weaknesses in the processes

QC is Reactive means it identifies the defects and also corrects the defects or bugs also

It does not involve executing the program or code.

It always involves executing the program or code.

All peoples who are involved in the developing software application as responsible for the quality assurance.

Testing team is responsible for Quality control.

Quality Assurance is process oriented

Quality Control is product oriented

Quality Assurance basically aim to prevention of defects to improve the quality.

Quality Control basically aim to detection of defects to improve the quality.

It identifies weakness in processes to improve them.

It identifies defects to be fixed.

Verification is an example of Quality Assurance.

Validation/Software Testing is an example of Quality Control.

It is a staff function.

It is a line function.

It is done before Quality Control.

It is done only after Quality Assurance activity is completed.

Quality Assurance means Planning done for doing a process.

Quality Control Means Action has taken on the process by execute them.

 

Felipe III Lacson
by Felipe III Lacson , Senior QA/QC / Material Engineer (includes Assistant QA/QC Manager role) , Egis International

Quality Assurance is a set of activities intended to establish confidence that an entity will fulfill requirements for quality.

Quality Control is a set of techniques and activities that are used to fulfill the requirements for quality.

 

Muhammad Saey
by Muhammad Saey , Senior Veterinary Doctor , PAFN Public Autority for Food and Nutrition

Quality control is particular for production line such as quality sample analysis in laboratory on production line inside the premises.

Quality Assurance is wider umbrella to cover all practices till reach of product to the end user or even includes the after sale services within or out of premises such as guarantee of goods.

Ahmad Khreasat
by Ahmad Khreasat , Risk and Quality Officer , Royal Scientific Society - Policies & Risk Dept.

Quality Control focuses on fulfilling the requirements.

Quality Assurance provides confidence that the requirements will be fulfilled.

 

For example:

Testing software before releasing it to customer will be considered as a quality control.

 

Training staff, using the right programs, having the proper work instructions and learning from past mistake will give you better results of software testing – First Time Fix

Ahmed Kandeel
by Ahmed Kandeel , Quality Manager , ATCO Pharma

QC samples deos not represent except itself, to build the quality inside product; GMP regulations must be assured to be followed by QA.

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