What is Quality Assurance?

Quality Assurance (QA) is the process used to determine if a product or service meets quality standards. It can be defined as part of quality management that focuses on fulfilling quality requirements. Quality engineering deals with the concept of Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) to fulfil the demands of businesses and magnify the customer experience. QA ensures that the product meets quality guidelines or client agreements.

QA is different from QE in the sense that it determines that your product meets the specified requirement and aims to maintain the quality of the finished product while QE lays emphasis on improving the product at every step of its development. All in all, QE tests, examines, and enhances the product quality throughout the development lifecycle while QA ensures that the product meets quality guidelines or client agreements.

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