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11 Jul

You know that your client does not want to spend money for Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) or the client believes IV&V is not warranted.  Maybe there are things you are already doing that might fall under the umbrella of V&V.  These same things might well fall under you...
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02 Dec

It is a myth that Agile does not require documentation. Whether SCRUM, EP, ASD, Pair Programming, or something yet to be invented Agile methodology does require necessary documentation that is developed at the needed level of detail. An agile project likely will have a (1)product backlog, (2) releas...
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13 Sep

The IV&V Group®  has identified four models to  implement the OMB directive to use voluntary consensus standards (Circular A-119).  Last month we examined the Directive Model and in this blog we will examine the Project Model. This model is ideal for transitioning the organization to using v...
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27 Aug

  It is not  news that the State of Maryland has fired its prime contractor for the health registry that it was building instead of using the federal registry (healthcare.gov).  What is news is how much this has cost the taxpayers of Maryland. According to the board of the Maryland Heal...
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15 Aug

Do you want to make your critical business decisions based on someone's 'gut' feeling or do you want to make your critical decisions based on objective evidence. If you want objective evidence then you want The IV&V Group's Critical Process Assessment Services©.  These services are designed...
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06 Aug

Are you one of those people who believe that you have to have a large development budget in order to retain a provider of independent verification (IV&V) services? Or are you one of those who believes that you have to execute an IV&V methodology throughout the entire development life cycle -...
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28 Jun

This is the fifth and final installment of a series that will help you articulate what you want when you order IV&V Services. To help organizations ask for the services they want The IV&V Group® has developed a taxonomy of IV&V services. It contains only five categoeries of IV&V ...
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20 Jun

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