Quality control can be defined as "part of quality
management focused on fulfilling quality requirements." While quality
assurance relates to how a process is performed or how a product is made, quality
control is more the inspection aspect of quality management.
Difference between Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality
Control (QC) are given below.
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Quality
Assurance (QA)
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Quality
Control (QC)
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It is a
procedure that focuses on providing assurance that quality requested will be
achieved
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It is a
procedure that focuses on fulfilling the quality requested.
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QA aims to
prevent the defect
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QC aims to
identify and fix defects
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It is a
method to manage the quality- Verification
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It is a
method to verify the quality-Validation
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It does not
involve executing the program
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It always
involves executing a program
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It's a
Preventive technique
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It's a
Corrective technique
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It's a
Proactive measure
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It's a
Reactive measure
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In order to
meet the customer requirements, QA defines standards and methodologies
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QC confirms
that the standards are followed while working on the product
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