Corrective action

A comprehensive system for quality planning and control including quality tools and protocols covering product and process design & development, verification & validation, assessment, and preventative & corrective actions. Also called advanced quality planning (AQP).

An interim action(s) to minimize effects on customers of defects until corrective action(s) are implemented.

Testing performed during development and integration to ensure critical design parameters are met, verify the performance of an item's design, and produce data supporting design improvements. Development test, sometimes called engineering test, also discloses deficiencies and verifies that corrective action effectively prevents recurrence of these deficiencies. Properly done, development test reduces the risk of redesign being necessary following demonstration testing or delivery to the customer.