How a team gets permission not to meet a rule, check or requirement. A waiver accepts a specific violation as permanent because it is shown to be safe, such as a design rule exception or a known check result. A deviation allows a temporary departure from an approved process, material or specification in production, for a limited quantity or time. Both are justified, risk-assessed, approved at the right level, registered and reviewed until they are closed or made permanent by a proper change.
A request is classed as a permanent waiver or a temporary deviation, justified and risk-assessed, approved at the matching level, registered and then monitored until it expires, is renewed or becomes a proper change.
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