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11 Mar

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

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...
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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

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

Having a PMP certification provides tools and guidance for managing budget, schedule and resources.  However managing verification and validation (V&V) projects takes more than that.  A strong working knowledge of the IEEE standards for system and software engineering is a must. In particular,...
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Tagged with: IEEE Std 1012:2012 ,Independent Verification and Validation ,IV&V ,IV&V management ,IV&V Outputs ,Project Management ,Verification and Validation ,
17 Nov

It was many years ago that an important project would hire an independent contractor to provide a full range of verification and validation (V&V) services. These services might begin with an assessment of the requirements prior to the issuance of a request for proposal for development of a syste...
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Tagged with: best practices ,document assessment ,Independent Verification and Validation ,IV&V ,IV&V services ,IV&V value ,process assessment ,Project Management ,requirements elicitation ,The IV&V Group ,Verification and Validation ,
06 Jul

  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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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 ,
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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