Jul 20, 2021 4:35 AM
Replying to Thomas Walenta
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Audit in this case means a independent (from the project) review of the product (could also mean review of the project as process).
Compliance means comparing the real product against a pre-established baseline or standard.
This standard can be technical, like describing the components and how they work together, statically and dynamically or it can include some technical norms relevant to the product.
Or this standard can be a quality standard, for the project, the organization or the industry, or imposed by regulators. Such a standard may include technical standards, but will rather also reflect on reliability, maintainability, sustainability, and other attributes of usage of the product.
So, technical audit is trying to answer the question 'has it been build right', while a quality audit tells us 'is it fit for intended usage'. This means a technical audit makes more sense before a quality audit.