Total Quality Management as defined by VIE, is not a centralized function.  Rather, it is a culture that permeates the entire organization.  As such quality activities are present in each of the process areas.  This process area provides overall support of the quality system by defining enterprise-level policies, processes and procedures.

The majority of the Quality Control (i.e.,Product Assurance) activities are systemic within the VIE development process, as described in the Technical Execution process area.  V&V activities are the responsibility of the project team, which ensures that the product conforms to the specification(s). They include the use of appropriate quality standards (e.g., LabVIEW Style Guide) and verification procedures at all phases and levels of the lifecycle.  The standard VIE lifecycle model was based on the V-model because it provides a clear coupling of development activities to verification activities.  Internal peer reviews and external tollgate reviews span the entire development lifecycle to provide quality checkpoints at all levels.