Automated QA Audit and Assessment

Here’s a quick way to tell the difference between a quality assurance and a quality control audit. A quality control audit entails examining the final product for aspects that could be improved, corrected, or otherwise addressed. The goal of a quality assurance audit is to improve, if necessary, the procedures that lead to the final product.

The goal of QA audits is to avoid defects in the first place. A quality control audit looks for problems that are already existing and determines how to fix them. Quality assurance audits are a proactive, rather than a reactive, strategy.

How Does Quality Control Audits Work?

Because the ultimate purpose of a QA audit is to avoid the occurrence of bugs and other problems, audits must cover the whole software development life cycle. The earlier in the software development life cycle an error or defect is discovered, the less expensive and easier it is to rectify it.

A complete QA audit will track all of the activities involved in the software development life cycle in real time, assist in the establishment of quality standards to help prevent errors and make changes to the software development process.