Program assurance

<h2 id="usage">Usage</h2>
<ul><li>performing internal and independent reviews and assessments for program performance,</li>
<li>ensuring implementation of robust risk management to address potential problems before they occur.</li></ul>
<p>Program assurance also:
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<ul><li>Performs independent technical assessments of the <a href="/facts/Systems_engineering/gFwRmkDp">systems engineering</a>, <a href="/facts/Quality_assurance/BhDeyhel">quality assurance</a>, lessons learned, technologies, production, and programmatic practices (cost, schedule, performance, quality, risk),</li>
<li>Systematically performs independent assessments for overall mission-assured success,</li>
<li>Monitors and measures a system safety program/process to determine its effectivemenss,</li>
<li>Monitors and measures <a href="/facts/Quality_assurance/BhDeyhel">QA</a> to assure implementation and determine effectiveness; and</li>
<li>Assures a supplier quality assurance system, practice, or process is defined and implemented.</li></ul>
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<p>The key difference between program assurance and program quality management or <a href="/facts/Audit/u8mr4Xsd">audit</a>, is that program assurance tends to look at the potential impact of the program's approach. 
</p><p>Assurance may either focus on program delivery, program solutions or both may have equal weight. Within major IT programs external assurance often focuses on program delivery and would concentrate on program plans and capability. Where assurance also covers the solution this would include the business processes, systems, infrastructure, service and hosting. Solution may also cover the approach to design, delivery and implementation.
</p><p>Program assurance tends to cover three separate styles of assurance: Continuous assurance throughout the life of the program; Point reviews or periodic reviews; focused reviews that concentrate on a particular aspect of a program. For very large programs all three would be undertaken with continuous assurance reporting to the program board on a regular basis, and point or focused reviews being undertaken at strategic points.  
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<li id="fn:1"><p>Schulze, Norman R. (1991). Fusion Energy for Space Missions in the 21st Century. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program. pp. xvi–xvii. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=X5olIFmY3rkC" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=X5olIFmY3rkC</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Program assurance