Quality Assurance in Projects: Core Concepts

This lesson introduces the core concepts of quality assurance in projects and explains why quality is planned and managed, not inspected at the end.

You will learn the difference between quality assurance and quality control, how quality standards and acceptance criteria shape project work, and which basic controls help teams prevent defects, rework, and uncertainty.

By the end, you should be able to describe what quality means in a project context, identify common quality inputs and outputs, and recognize how QA supports reliable delivery across scope, schedule, cost, and stakeholder expectations.