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quality assurance
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quality assurance	has definition The process of ensuring that the quality of a product or process is sufficient to meet the needs of the stakeholders
	has risk it is very easy to forget to test some aspects of a software system
	has risk people have different abilities and knowledge when it comes to quality
	has risk the conflict between achieving adequate quality levels, and 'getting the product out of the door'
	has part inspecting
	has part reviewing
	has part testing
	has part validation
	has part verification
	is a subtopic of 1.7 - Activities Common to Software Projects
	is often seen as an overhead expense to be reduced
	is a kind of process
	occurs throughout a project
	should be handled by a separate department
process	see also process^2