Quality Assurance is also known as QA Testing. QA is defined as an activity to ensure that an organization is providing the best product or service to the customers.
The whole process of QA has to define the cycle called the PDCA cycle.
Quality Control | Quality Assurance |
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Quality Assurance prevents defects. | Quality Control provides identification of defects. |
Quality Assurance is process oriented. | Quality control is product oriented. |
Quality Assurance is proactive in the process and protective. | Quality Control is a reactive. |
Quality Assurance is a managerial tool. | Quality Control is a corrective tool. |
Each developer is responsible for Quality Assurance. | The testing team is responsible for Quality Control. |
Verification is an example of QA. | Validation is an example of QC. |