Product Assurance (PA) is the discipline devoted to the study, planning and implementation of activities intended to assure that the design, controls, methods and techniques in a project result in a satisfactory degree of quality in a product.

This PA webinar will provide participants with an overview of the Product Assurance tasks to be performed throughout a project. It introduces how Product Assurance is implemented in ESA projects and provides practical examples on how PA is involved in projects.

The session is intended to be an introduction to Product Assurance activities and standards in ESA projects for companies which are not yet familiar with them.

Target Group

This session is of particular interest to participants from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises who have limited knowledge of PA activities in the space sector. It is targeted at participants working for SMEs in ESA Member States, Associate States or Collaborating States (also from the non-space sector) which are providing or are intending to provide products for space.

At the end of the session, participants should be able to:

• understand the difference between a Quality Management System (QMS), Quality Assurance (QA) and Product Assurance (PA) identify the structure and placement of a PA structure in a company and project organigram
• identify overall responsibilities of PA activities in ESA and industry
• understand the PA activities from project phase A to D
• understand the PA role in corporate activities
• have an overview of required PA documentation
• understand the impact of PA/QA on cost and schedule

A maximum of 2 participants per company can be admitted. There are 30 seats available. Preference will be given to participants from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. Please provide your esa-star entity code upon registration if available.

ESA Product Assurance Manager

In case you have registered but cannot attend the session, please click on "Leave course" on the right-hand side of the course page to inform the organisers.