ESA Science & Technology - Product Assurance on the XMM Project

Publication date: 01 December 1999

Authors: van Dooren, J.P

Journal: ESA Bulletin
Volume: 100
Year: 1999

Copyright: ESA

Product Assurance has both a preventative and a corrective role in terms of quality control in a spacecraft project. This article summarises how it was approached within the XMM project, what unforeseen problems were encountered, and what lessons can be learned from our experience.