Independent Verification and Validation

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 ,

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 ,

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

Tagged with: acquiring IV&V ,best practices ,engineering documentation ,Eva Freund ,Independent Verification and Validation ,IV&V ,IV&V services ,IV&V taxonomy ,system engineering ,The IV&V Group ,Verification and Validation ,

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

Tagged with: best practices ,Body of Knowledge ,BOK ,engineering documentation ,Enterprise IT ,Eva Freund ,IEEE ,Knowledge Areas ,system engineering ,The IV&V Group ,

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

Tagged with: engineering documentation ,Eva Freund ,IEEE 730 ,IEEE Std 1012 ,IEEE Std 829 ,IEEE Working Group ,Independent Verification and Validation ,IV&V ,Software Engineering ,software quality assurance ,software standards ,software test documentation ,SQP ,standards-based methodology ,system engineering ,system quality assurance ,system test documentation ,test documentation ,The IV&V Group ,working group ,

24 Jan

ISO/IEC 15288:2002, Systems Engineering – System life cycle processes

First published in Software Quality Professional, Volume 8, Issue 1, December 2005 Download this review: Author (ISO) The International Organization for Standardization and the (IEC) International Electrotechnical Commission (JTC) Joint Technical Committee Publisher International Organiz...

12:29 / Book Reviews / StaffIVV

Tagged with: life cycle processes ,lifecycle processes ,system engineering ,technical processes ,Verification and Validation ,

Don’t Pay Twice!

IV&V as a Service?

IV&V vs. Independent Test

Enabling IT Professionals To Perform More Effectively and Consistently

From Inside an IEEE Working Group

ISO/IEC 15288:2002, Systems Engineering – System life cycle processes

The IV&V Group, Inc.

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