Independent Verification and Validation

19 Aug

The Directive Model

The IV&V Group® has identified four models to implement the OMB directive to use voluntaryconsensus standards (Circular A-119). Today we will examine the directive model. In the directive model the CIO or other high ranking official determines that is advantageous for the agency to ado...

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15 Aug

Federal Dollars for IV&V

In this fiscal year the Federal Government spent $45.2 million dollars on 86 contract transactions for independent verification and validation (IV&V) services. The vehicles used to make these purchases were: Definitive Contracts ($34.8 million); Delivery Orders ($7.1 million); Purchase...

17:49 / Blog / StaffIVV

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15 Aug

What Does A Process Assessment Require?

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...

17:27 / Blog / StaffIVV

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16 Jul

Agency Developed Standards May Not Pass Muster

It has been more than 10 years since The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Circular A-119 (Revised) directing federal agencies to use voluntary consensus standards, both domestic and international, in its regulatory and procurement activities. This circular defined voluntary consensus sta...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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