Independent Verification and Validation | engineering documentation

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...

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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

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23 Apr

Toss That RFP/RFQ/RFI

Did you ever wish that securing an IT service could be easier, faster and less costly? Well now it can be. The IV&V Group® has made it possible for you to selectively purchase specific IV&V service when you need them. Now you can have a critical document or process assessed without...

15:50 / Blog / StaffIVV

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13 Sep

The Project Model for Implementing OMB Circular A-119(R)

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...

21:06 / Blog / Government Standards News / StaffIVV

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06 Jul

IV&V vs. Independent Test

I have lost count of the number of solicitations in this year alone where the title of the solicitation does not match the work in form, fit or function. Here is an example of what I have found. The title of the solicitation whether it be a Request For Information (RFI), a Request for...

16:10 / Blog / StaffIVV

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28 Jun

You Want What: Part 5-Final?

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 ...

19:32 / Blog / StaffIVV

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16 Jun

Enabling IT Professionals To Perform More Effectively and Consistently

Vienna, Virginia....The IV&V Group® is pleased to announce that its President and CEO, Eva Freund, has been selected as a reviewer for the Enterprise ITBOK Guide, June 2014 draft version. The IEEE Computer Society's Guide to the Enterprise Information Technology Body of Knowledge is a compend...

21:02 / Non-Government Standards News / Press Releases / StaffIVV

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04 Jun

From Inside an IEEE Working Group

My name is Eva Freund. As President and CEO, of The IV&V Group® I pride myself on knowing the IEEE Standards that are relative to system and software engineering. I have gained my knowledge by participating in multiple IEEE Standards Working Groups. These are the groups responsible for ...

19:02 / Blog / StaffIVV

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16 May

You Want What: Part Four?

Fourth of Series - The IV&V Group® envisions itself an educator as well as a provider of premier IV&V services. This is the fourth of a series that will help you articulate what you want when you order IV&V Services. Many government agencies are looking at independent verification an...

12:55 / Blog / StaffIVV

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27 Apr

You Want What : Part Three?

Third of Series - The IV&V Group® envisions itself an educator as well as a provider of premier IV&V services. This is the third of a series that will help you articulate what you want in the way of IV&V services. Will never product a sildenafil generic years you blot redness cheap ...

02:24 / Blog / StaffIVV

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