Finance
quality assurance
Turkish: Kalite Guvence (Quality Assurance, QA)
English Definition
A systematic approach that secures confidence a product or work will meet the required standards by designing the process correctly from the outset rather than detecting defects after the fact; unlike control, it audits the process that produces the output rather than the output itself. In construction-intensive projects a documented QA system is frequently a contractual precondition, since the lenders' independent engineer often ties progress-payment certifications to the traceability of the contractor's QA records. Gaps in those records can halt payment regardless of the finished work's physical quality.
Türkçe Tanım
Bir urun ya da isin gereken standartlari karsilayacagina dair guveni, kusurlari sonradan tespit ederek degil sureci bastan tasarlayarak saglamayi amaclayan sistematik yaklasimdir; kontrolden farki, ciktinin degil onu ureten surecin denetlenmesidir. Insaat-yogun projelerde QA sisteminin belgelenmis olmasi cogu zaman sozlesmesel bir on kosuldur; nitekim kredi verenlerin atadigi bagimsiz muhendis, hakedis onaylarini siklikla yuklenicinin QA kayitlarinin izlenebilirligine baglar ve bu kayitlarin eksikligi, tamamlanmis isin fiziksel kalitesinden bagimsiz olarak odemeyi durdurabilir.