Quality and compliance · Process before outcome

Make the evidence path as clear as the requirement.

Quality and compliance are planned for the specific product, configuration, market and programme. Requirements, validation, inspection, traceability and change control create reviewable evidence, and certification is planned for each model and target market.

A four-part quality evidence register.

Each entry links a programme requirement to the evidence reviewed and to what that evidence covers.

  1. Plan

    Define the applicable product, market, configuration, requirements, responsibilities and acceptance plan.

    Evidence to review

    Approved programme brief, specifications, validation and inspection plan.

    What this covers

    A plan is not a result or certification claim.

  2. Validate and inspect

    Apply the agreed methods and record the configuration and conditions reviewed.

    Evidence to review

    Method, sample, conditions, observations, disposition and reviewer record.

    What this covers

    No result is transferable beyond its approved scope.

  3. Trace

    Keep the reviewed requirement, material, configuration, process and evidence connected.

    Evidence to review

    Programme-specific identifiers and records defined by the approved scope.

    What this covers

    This page does not publish customer, supplier or confidential production records.

  4. Control change

    Review the effect of a material, supplier, process or configuration change before implementation.

    Evidence to review

    Change description, impact review, required validation and approval record.

    What this covers

    A changed condition reopens any evidence that no longer applies.

Questions a buyer should be able to ask.

The programme should make the evidence scope and the decision owner understandable before release.

  1. Which exact model, configuration and market does this evidence cover?
  2. Which requirement and acceptance criterion were reviewed?
  3. Who recorded, reviewed and approved the disposition?
  4. Which change would require the evidence to be reviewed again?

Follow the evidence to the method.

Testing and Validation explains how questions, conditions, observations and limitations are structured for review.