fulfilment of specified requirements by a product, process, or service to determine if a product remains as intended
a) conformity evaluation
systematic examination of the extent to which a product, process or service fulfils specified requirements
NOTE 1 Conformity evaluation is also known as Conformity Assessment
NOTE 2 Conformity Assessment is necessary to assure that a quality system is in place that assures that the product or system configuration does not change from that which was tested
b) conformity surveillance
evaluation for conformity to determine the continuing conformity with specified requirements |