April 7, 2008...9:53 am

Verification Vs Validation

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Verification

Validation

1

The Process of determining whether or not the Product of the given phase in the life cycle fulfill the set of established requirement

The Process of evaluating a system or component during or at the end of the development life cycle, to determine whether it satisfies the specified requirement.

2

It answers the question, “ Are we building the system right ”

It answer the question “Did we build the right system”

It answer the question “Did we build the right system”

3

Ex: Review (Include Inspection and Walkthrough)

Ex: Testing

2 Comments

  • The second difference given is wrong…..

    It should be –

    verification = Did we build the system right…(conformance to specifications)

    validation = did we build the right system(Conformance to customer requirements)


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