Criteria Quality Assurance Quality Control Definition SQA is a set of activities for ensuring quality in software engineering processes (that ultimately result in quality in software products). The activities establish and evaluate the processes that produce products SQC is a set of activities for ensuring quality in software products. The activities focus on identifying defects in the actual products produced Focus Process focused Product focused Orientation Prevention oriented Detection oriented Breadth Organization wide Product/project specific Scope Relates to all products that will ever be created by a process Relates to specific product Activities Process Definition and Implementation, Audits, Training Reviews, Testing