Quick answer
Quality gates are checkpoints a deliverable must pass before work continues — defined criteria, a reviewer, and the power to say no.
What a gate is
An inspection point with explicit criteria — deliverable passes or returns; gates stop defects moving downstream.
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Designing them
Per deliverable type or phase: criteria + reviewer + required evidence — ‘done’ defined before the work.
Gate vs review
A review advises; a gate blocks — the authority to reject is the difference.
Common failures
Gates that always pass, criteria nobody wrote down, and gates skipped under deadline pressure — each converts the gate to ceremony.
Bottom line
Quality gates are checkpoints a deliverable must pass before work continues — defined criteria, a reviewer, and the power to say no.
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