TABLE OF CONTENTS As noted earlier, there are two major steps in the verification process. First, we prove that the designed and manufactured product, described on the engineering drawings, meets the predefined development, performance, or Part I requirements. That is called development, design, or qualification verification or simply qualification. Secondly, we prove that the product, manufactured using the final methods, tooling, and personnel, will comply with the engineering drawings and that the production process will produce repeatable results. This is called product verification or acceptance and is intended to prove that the product complies with the requirements in its detail, product, or Part II specification. In this chapter and Chapters 2.4 through 2.6, we will take up qualification. This chapter and Chapter 2.4 focus on test as the verification method, and Chapter 2.5 on other methods. Chapter 2.6 covers qualification verification reporting. Chapter 2.7 is concerned with management of the qualification series, leading to a functional configuration audit (FCA). Acceptance will be covered in Chapters 3.1 through 3.4.
Qualification test planning is a process of transforming the detailed verification requirements captured in the program specifications, and mapped to a test method, into a comprehensive series of testing tasks that collectively and least expensively expose the relationship between item capabilities and the development requirements for all of the items in the system.
Throughout this chapter, we will try to focus on the test method, so we must reserve a place in our mind for the greater picture, including the other methods and...
