SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Detailed explanation-1: -Corrective action: Action to eliminate the cause of a nonconformity and to prevent recurrence. Preventive action: Action to eliminate the cause of a potential nonconformity or other potential undesirable situation.

Detailed explanation-2: -In simple terms, corrective action prevents recurrence, while preventive action prevents occurrence. Corrective action is carried out after a nonconformity has already occurred, whereas preventive action is planned with the goal of preventing a nonconformity in its entirety.

Detailed explanation-3: -Correction is taking action to correct a problem. Corrective action is action taken to correct the cause of the problem and preventing it from happening again. An example would be your child falling in the backyard and scraping their knee. The correction would be the application of a band aid on the scraped knee.

Detailed explanation-4: -In short, corrective actions are reactive to a problem after it happens, where preventive actions are proactive to a potential problem before it can happen.