What is Quality Assurance used for?

Quality Assurance work

Stanley is working on the Project Quality management related processes. Stanley is reporting to the PMO directly. The process which Stanley is working on is used to find the project activities which are in compliance with organizational standards, policies, procedures regularly. This process is called?

A. Quality Audit.
B. Quality control.
C. Quality review.
D. Quality Assurance.

Answer: Option D is correct.

Quality Assurance

  • Quality Assurance is used to ensure project activities are in compliance with organizational standards, policies, procedures on regular basis.
  • Perform quality assurance is the process to find the project activities comply with organizational standards, policies and procedures. It is used to perform continuous improvement in the project to achieve quality, reduce defects and eliminates activities that do not add value. If changes are needed, it can be done through the change control procedures.
  • Identify the inefficiencies in the process.
  • Perform continuous improvement.
  • Confirm activities follow the policies and standards in the organization.
  • Recommend changes through corrective action.