2. Taking account of non-statutory rules

Comments on quality and quality assurance :

Quality is the set of characteristics of an entity that give it the ability to satisfy expressed and implicit needs. Achieving satisfactory quality involves all the phases in the quality loop. The contributions to quality of these different phases are sometimes considered separately to distinguish them, e.g. quality due to requirements definition, quality due to product design, quality due to compliance, quality due to support throughout the product life cycle. The term "quality" is not used in isolation either to express a degree of excellence in a comparative...