Airborne Electronic Hardware Design Assurance

8	Process Assurance

Compliance to project plans and standards is ensured by process assurance. Process assurance performs inspections of the hardware and its artifacts to make sure it conforms to its drawings and specifications. Artifacts from the life cycle process are audited to make sure that the processes were followed, and for Level A and B design assurance, that the transition criteria specified in the hardware management plans were met.

While process assurance needs to be performed independently from the audited activities, it does not have to be an independent organization. Companies typically use a representative from the quality organization to perform process assurance activities, which satisfies the independence criteria. A small ...