Independent Verification and Validation

30 Apr

Who Does What?

There is a perfect alignment of people and tasks in the hypothetical Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) project. It is in this project that neither dollars nor labor categories are restricted. However most projects are in the real and not the hypothetical world. Real world project...

18:01 / Blog / Eva freund

Tagged with: IEEE Std 1012 ,Project Management ,software development ,Software Engineering ,The IV&V Group ,Verification and Validation ,

11 Mar

BEHIND THE CORRECT DOOR

An earlier blog described the Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) that one expects to find behind the correct door. This blog describes the skills and experience to expected from someone who claims to be an IV&V specialist. The verification and validation processes are technical p...

20:04 / Blog / Uncategorized / Eva freund

Tagged with: consensus standards ,engineering documentation ,Independent Verification and Validation ,life cycle phases ,The IV&V Group ,Verification and Validation ,

11 Feb

Which Door Will You Choose?

You may have seen the television program where the contestant had a chance to walk away with a GRAND prize but only if they opened the right door. For most contestants the door they selected revealed a small and rather minor prize. For the very few who selected the correct door, the prize ranged fr...

22:15 / Blog / Eva freund

Tagged with: acquiring IV&V ,Independent Verification and Validation ,IV&V ,IV&V value ,The IV&V Group ,Verification and Validation ,voluntary consensus standards ,

31 Jan

Better than Hope!

Do not hope that your software or system project and its related documentation are on track. Do not wait until your software or system project fails in the test phase to learn that it has not been on track. Instead trust independent verification and validation (IV&V) to provide continuous obje...

16:05 / Blog / Eva freund

Tagged with: Eva Freund ,IEEE ,Independent Verification and Validation ,test documentation ,The IV&V Group ,Verification and Validation ,voluntary consensus standards ,

23 Jan

Don’t Pay Twice!

There are still Federal agencies that continue to rely on the Development Contractor to also perform all testing ranging from the smallest component to the full system. The inherent weakness in this process is that for the Development Contractor the primary objective is to deliver enough functionali...

19:45 / Blog / Uncategorized / Eva freund

Tagged with: development activities ,system engineering ,test activities ,The IV&V Group ,

14 Jan

THE NEW IEEE STD. 1012-2016 IS AVAILABLE

The new IEEE Std. 1012 is the largest standard offered by IEEE and may soon be available through ISO. It is considered to be the most popular IEEE standard and it has been purchased by persons around the globe. This version of the standard is a revision to IEEE Std. 1012-2012. It contains no ne...

21:05 / Blog / Non-Government Standards News / Eva freund

Tagged with: best practices ,IEEE Std 1012 ,Independent Verification and Validation ,IV&V ,The IV&V Group ,voluntary consensus standards ,

08 Oct

Only a Few Hours

After completing two years of IV&V work at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) we can now accept a limited amount of new work. The caveat is that any new work must be between ten and twenty hours per work. Just contact: Eva.Freund@ivvgroup.com....

14:41 / Blog / Eva freund

Tagged with: Independent Verification and Validation ,IV&V ,quality assurance ,Verification and Validation ,

06 Dec

Alias for IV&V

While any brand of a 3-prong plug will fit into a 3-prong outlet (assuming both are for the USA market) and USB plugs and ports are standardized so that any mini-USB plug will fit any mini-USB port regardless of the manufacturer, it is amazing to find that there is no standard definition of Independ...

18:48 / Blog / StaffIVV

Tagged with: acquiring IV&V ,ASQ ,Body of Knowledge ,BOK ,engineering documentation ,IEEE Std 1012 ,Independent Verification and Validation ,IV&V ,The IV&V Group ,

29 Aug

The New IEEE 1012 Is Almost Here.

A new and updated version of IEEE Std 1012, IEEE Standard for System, Software and Hardware Verification and Validation will soon be available for purchase from IEEE (anticipate early 2017 publication). This is a greatly enhanced version. Here are just some of the value-added elements: Cri...

17:51 / Blog / Industry News / Non-Government Standards News / StaffIVV

Tagged with: Eva Freund ,IEEE Std 1012 ,Independent Verification and Validation ,standards ,The IV&V Group ,

22 Jul

IV&V as a Service?

Private industry and government agencies share the need to create more with less money. One way they are filling this need is by taking advantage of technology that provides platforms, operating systems and software applications "as a service." This allows them to pay only for what they actually use...

15:44 / Blog / StaffIVV

Tagged with: acquiring IV&V ,IEEE Standards ,Independent Verification and Validation ,IV&V ,IV&V services ,system engineering ,The IV&V Group ,voluntary consensus standards ,