Definition:
Quality-Assurance(QA)is the Generic name for any set of activities, which have as their primary or partial intent, or effect, to influence (“assure”) the Product-Value Levels of a Product or Process.
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Domain: Quality-Assurance
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1. QA includes, but is not limited to, Quality-Control (testing, Specification-Quality-Control and more). QA, in particular, would include all concerns of this book, such as Product-Value specification, design to reach Product-Value Levels, Value-Decision of design Impact on Product-Value, Evolutionary evaluation of Product-Value Levels, and SQC. QA even includes Cost management aspects, since “cost of Quality” is an important aspect of Product-Value.
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Specification-Quality-Control-SQC
Value-Decision-IE
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This Concept entered by Diane O'Brien.