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title: "quality gate"
description: " A special milestone in a project. Quality gates are located between those phases of a  project strongly depending on the outcome of a previous phase. A quality gate includes a formal check of the documents of the previous phase."
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term_id: 398
language: English
language_code: gb
canonical: "https://glossary.istqb.org/en/term/quality-gate"
slug: "quality-gate"
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# quality gate

 A special milestone in a project. Quality gates are located between those phases of a  project strongly depending on the outcome of a previous phase. A quality gate includes a formal check of the documents of the previous phase.

## Present in syllabi


- Expert Test Management 2011

## Translations


- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/quality-gate/) — Quality Gate
- [Italiano](https://istqb-glossary.page/it/barriera-di-qualita/) — barriera di qualità
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E5%93%81%E8%B3%AA%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88-quality-gate/) — 品質ゲート（quality gate）
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/marcos-da-qualidade/) — marcos da qualidade
- [Português](https://istqb-glossary.page/pt/marco-de-qualidade/) — marco de qualidade
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/brana-kvality/) — brána kvality
- [Svenska](https://istqb-glossary.page/se/kvalitetskontrollpunkt/) — kvalitetskontrollpunkt
- [Magyar](https://istqb-glossary.page/hu/minosegellenorzo-kapu/) — minőségellenőrző kapu
- [Norsk](https://istqb-glossary.page/no/kvalitets-milep%C3%A6l/) — kvalitets-milepæl

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