Advanced Quality Control Course
QUALITY CONTROL
(QC)
AND
محمد أحميدة العالم/د.ا
QUALITY ASSURANCE
(QA)
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Quality Assurance (QA).
Quality Control (QC).
Difference between (QA) and (QC).
Prof. Dr. Mohamed H. Alaalam محمد أحميدة العالم/د.ا Email:
[email protected] QA and QC
Quality control and quality assurance are two
components of quality management.
Quality assurance and Quality control are often
misunderstood for being the same.
Many people assume that QA and QC are
similar in some way. But sometimes QA and QC
create a bit of confusion about the very fine
line in the difference between quality assurance
and quality control.
Quality Control vs. Quality Assurance vs Testing.
? What is the difference
Many people and organizations are confused about the difference between
quality assurance (QA),
quality control (QC), and
testing.
They are closely related, but they are different concepts. Since all three are
necessary to effectively manage the risks of developing, it is important to
understand the differences.
Difference between
Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC)
Before we learn the difference between QA vs QC, let’s define both these
terms.
Quality Assurance
QA is defined as an activity performed to let the
organization provide the best possible product or any
kind of service to the customers.
It is a set of activities done for ensuring quality in
the process by which the products are developed.
I.e. the activities of quality assurance come into play
when the product is in the development process.
QUALITY ASSURANCE-
Cont.
is all systematic and planned actions which are
necessary to provide adequate confidence that a
product or service will satisfy the given
requirement for quality.
QA primarily focuses on the processes and
procedures that improve quality, including
training, documentation, monitoring and audits.
Prof. Dr. Mohamed H. Alaalam محمد أحميدة العالم/د.ا Email:
Quality Control-
.Cont
Quality Control is known as QC and focuses on
identifying a defect.
QC ensures that the approaches, techniques,
methods and processes are designed in the project
are following correctly.
QC activities monitor and verify that the project
deliverables meet the defined quality standards.
Quality Control is a reactive process and is
detection in nature. It recognizes the defects.
Quality Control has to complete after Quality
Assurance.
.QC-Cont
is the operational techniques and activities that
are used to fulfill the requirements for quality.
QC focuses on the product to find defects that
remain after development.
Involves checking the development process to
ensure that procedures and standards are being
followed.
Prof. Dr. Mohamed H. Alaalam محمد أحميدة العالم/د.ا Email:
Definition QC)) Quality Control
QC It is not involved in the production of the products, rather it
focuses on the quality of the products that are made.
QC is a set of activities for ensuring the quality of products. The
activities emphasize determining defects in the definite products
produced.
I.e. the activity of Quality control comes into play when the
product has passed the development stage and comes into the
manufacturing stage.
What is The Difference in
?QA/QC
Many people think QA and QC are the same
and interchangeable but this is not true.
Both are tightly linked and sometimes it is
very difficult to identify the differences.
Fact is both are related to each other but
they are different in origins.
Difference between QA and QC
QA and QC both are part of Quality
Management, however QA is
focusing on preventing defect
while QC is focusing on identifying
the defect.
Some characteristics and
processes of QA and QC:
Focus
QA aims to prevent defects with a focus on the
process used to make the product. Thus
making it a proactive quality process.
QC aims to identify (and correct) defects in the
finished product. Thus making it a Reactive
process.
Let’s jump into some
characteristics and processes of
QA and QC: CONT.
Objective
Objective of QA is to improve development and test
processes so that defects do not arise when the
product is being developed.
Objective of QC is to determine defects after a
product is developed and before it is released into
the market.
Let’s jump into some
characteristics and processes of
QA and QC: CONT.
Approach
QA: To establish a good quality management
system and the assessment of its adequacy.
Periodic conformance audits of the operation of
the system. (E.g. Verification is an example of
QA).
QC: To find and eliminate sources of quality
problems through tools and equipment so that
customers requirements are continually met.
(E.g. Validation/Software Testing is an example
of QC).
Does Quality Assurance Remove Need for Quality
Control?
“If QA (Quality Assurance) is done then why do we need to
perform QC (Quality Control)?”
Well, this thought might come to your mind, from time to time.
If we have followed all the pre-defined processes, policies &
standards correctly and completely then why do we need to
perform a round of QC?
QA vs QC
Here is the exact difference between Quality Control and Quality Assurance that
one needs to know:
Quality Assurance Quality Control
It is a process which deliberates on providing assurance that QC is a process which deliberates on fulfilling the
quality request will be achieved. quality request.
A QA aim is to prevent the defect. A QC aim is to identify and improve the defects.
QA is the technique of managing quality. QC is a method to verify quality.
QA does not involve executing the program. QC always involves executing the program.
All team members are responsible for QA. Testing team is responsible for QC.
QA Example: Verification QC Example: Validation.
QA means Planning for doing a process. QC Means Action for executing the planned process.
Statistical Technique used on QA is known as Statistical Technique used on QC is known as
Statistical Process Control (SPC.) Statistical Quality Control (SPC.)
SQC
QA makes sure you are doing the right things. QC makes sure the results of what you've done are
what you expected.
QA Defines standards and methodologies to followed in order QC ensures that the standards are followed while
to meet the customer requirements. working on the product.
QA is the process to create the deliverables. QC is the process to verify that deliverables.
QA is responsible for full software development life cycle. QC is responsible for software testing life cycle.
QC is required after QA is done.
While doing ‘QA’, we define the processes, policies & strategies,
establish standards, develop checklists etc. that needs to be used and
followed throughout the life cycle of a project.
And while doing QC we follow all those defined processes, standards
and policies that we laid down in QA to make sure that the project is
maintaining high quality and the final outcome of the project at least
meets the customer’s expectations.
QC looks at the end of the line while QA looks further down the line.
QC aims at detecting & correcting the issues while QA aims at
preventing the issues to occur.
QA does not assure quality, rather it creates and ensures the
processes are being followed to assure quality.
QC does not control quality, rather it measures quality. QC
measurement results can be utilized to correct/modify QA processes
which can be successfully implemented in new projects as well.
QC looks at QC (Quality control) activities are focused
on the deliverable itself.
QA (Quality assurance activities) are focused on the
processes followed to create the deliverable.
QA and QC are both part of Quality management and
these are the powerful techniques which can be used to
ensure that the deliverables are of high quality and
meet expectations of the customers.
Conclusion
In QA, processes are planned to evade the defects
QC agreements with the discovery of the defects and modifying
them while making the product
QA detects weakness
QC detects defects
QA is process oriented
QC is product oriented
QA is a failure prevention system
QC is a failure detection system.
Conclusion-
.Cont
QA & QC both are different from each other and required as part of quality
management.
They should not be misunderstood as interchangeable terms.
QA is process focused while QC is end-product focused.
Quality control is inspecting something (a product or a service) to ensure that it is
working fine. If the product or service is not working fine, then the issue needs to be
fixed or eliminated in order to meet conformance standards. So, it aims at detecting
and correcting issues.
Quality assurance, on the other hand, aims at preventing the issues from occurring in
the future by improving the process.
Quality assurance does not eliminate the need for Quality control as QC lies at the very
core of Quality management.
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