Software Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) Training

Software IV&V Training

Software independent verification and validation (IV&V) is valuable in multiple scenarios, including development, implementation, and the software selection process.

Sometimes referred to as software quality control, software independent verification & validation is the process of checking that a software system meets specifications and requirements so that it fulfills its intended purpose.

Software independent validation is the process of evaluating the final product to check whether the software meets the business needs. The test execution which we do in our day to day life is actually the validation activity which includes smoke testing, functional testing, regression testing, systems testing, etc.

Some common software independent validation techniques include:

• System testing
• User acceptance testing
• Unit testing
• Integration testing

Software independent verification, on the other hand, is the process of evaluating the intermediary work products of a software development lifecycle to check if we are in the right track of creating the final product.

You might also say that verification is a process to evaluate the mediator products of software to check whether the products satisfy the conditions imposed during the beginning of the phase.

The main check performed is whether user requirements are met alongside ensuring that the product is structurally sound and built to the required specifications.

IV&V programs for organizations may be used to perform reviews of the source code, examine the associated product documentation and analyze associated algorithms for static verification.

IV&V also performs dynamic verification by different testing methods such as integration testing to ensure that all software units (modules) are meshed as one, tested and properly work together.

Additionally, functional testing is often done to ensure that functionality meets user requirements. In addition, system testing is carried out over the entire software and hardware system to make sure that it is working as per the user requirements and acceptance.

IV&V is valuable in multiple scenarios, including development, implementation, and the software selection process.

For example, the software independent Verification & Validation process can help uncover high-risk errors and problems much earlier in the software development cycle.

The is important fiscally, because the cost of defects increases as the software development process approaches full implementation.

Many organizations and agencies can benefit from IV&V. NASA, for example, uses its IV&V program to improve software safety, reliability, and quality for NASA programs and missions through effective applications of systems and software IV&V methods, practices, and techniques.

Software IV&V Training Course by Tonex

Software IV&V Training is a 2-day training program covers all aspects of Software Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V).

Software IV&V is a systems engineering process employing rigorous methodologies for evaluating the correctness and quality of the software product throughout the SDLC. Software IV&V is adapted to the characteristics of the project.

We will cover an approach to IV&V that strives for objectivity and reproducibility by consistently applying a scientific approach to IV&V and through the use of industry best practices as crisply defined in the widely-accepted industry standards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Program Management Institute (PMI).

We have over 30 years as experience performing IV&V training, seminars and consulting services on different U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) projects, other U.S. agencies and fortune 500 companies worldwide.

Our IV&V methods provide an independent process that helps identify and mitigate development risk and use risk. IMC uses a state-of-the-art IV&V methodology and tools to help us perform IV&V of any project at any point in the project life cycle.

Software IV&V Training covers standards-based IV&V processes including artifact reviews, testing (component, system, and regression), process analysis, code reviews and more.

Participants will learn how technical independence shall be used achieved by IV&V practitioners to assess development processes and products independent of the developer.
Managerial independence requires responsibility for the IV&V effort to be vested in an organization separate from the organization responsible for performing the system implementation.

We will illustrate how the IV&V effort independently shall select the segments of the software and system to analyze and test, choose the IV&V techniques, define the schedule of IV&V activities, and select the specific technical issues and problems to act upon.

IV&V training will help you with a very effective tool for ensuring adherence to established processes, application and security requirements, management methodologies, development and performance standards, business objectives, schedule, and budget. The course provides provide a clear, well defined roadmap towards strategic and operational success in your current and future IV&V projects.

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