An Engineering Process Area at Maturity Level 3. The purpose of Verification (VER) is to ensure that selected work products meet their specified requirements.
Verification includes verification of the product and intermediate work products against all selected requirements, including customer, product, and product component requirements. Throughout the process areas, where we use the terms product and product component, their intended meanings also encompass services and their components.
Verification is inherently an incremental process because it occurs throughout the development of the product and work products, beginning with verification of the requirements, progressing through the verification of the evolving work products, and culminating in the verification of the completed product.
Specific Practices by Goal
SG 1 Prepare for Verification
Up-front preparation is necessary to ensure that verification provisions are embedded in product and product component requirements, designs, developmental plans, and schedules. Verification includes selection, inspection, testing, analysis, and demonstration of work products. Methods of verification include, but are not limited to, inspections, peer reviews, audits, walkthroughs, analyses, simulations, testing, and demonstrations.
- SP 1.1 Select Work Products for Verification.
The work products to be verified may include those associated with maintenance, training, and support services. The work product requirements for verification are included with the verification methods.
- SP 1.2 Establish the Verification Environment.
An environment must be established to enable verification to take place. The verification environment can be acquired, developed, reused, modified, or a combination of these, depending on the needs of the project. The type of environment required will depend on the work products selected for verification and the verification methods used.
- SP 1.3 Establish Verification Procedures and Criteria.
The verification procedures and criteria should be developed concurrently and iteratively with the product and product component designs. Verification criteria are defined to ensure that the work products meet their requirements.
SG 2 Perform Peer Reviews
Peer reviews involve a methodical examination of work products by the producers peers to identify defects for removal and to recommend other changes that are needed. The peer review is an important and effective verification method implemented via inspections, structured walkthroughs, or a number of other collegial review methods.
- SP 2.1 Prepare for Peer Reviews.
Preparation activities for peer reviews typically include identifying the staff who will be invited to participate in the peer review of each work product; identifying the key reviewers who must participate in the peer review; preparing and updating any materials that will be used during the peer reviews, such as checklists and review criteria, and scheduling peer reviews.
- SP 2.2 Conduct Peer Reviews.
One of the purposes of conducting a peer review is to find and remove defects early. Peer reviews are performed incrementally as work products are being developed. These reviews are structured and are not management reviews. Peer reviews may be performed on key work products of specification, design, test, and implementation activities and specific planning work products.
- SP 2.3 Analyze Peer Review Data.
Analyze data about preparation, conduct, and results of the peer reviews.
SG 3 Verify Selected Work Products
The verification methods, procedures, and criteria are used to verify the selected work products and any associated maintenance, training, and support services using the appropriate verification environment.
- SP 3.1 Perform Verification.
Verifying products and work products incrementally promotes early detection of problems and can result in the early removal of defects. The results of verification save considerable cost of fault isolation and rework associated with troubleshooting problems.
- SP 3.2 Analyze Verification Results.
Analyze the results of all verification activities. Actual results must be compared to established verification criteria to determine acceptability. The results of the analysis are recorded as evidence that verification was conducted.
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