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Software Quality Assurance
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Software Quality Assurance

by Claude Y. Laporte, Alain April
January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
16h 17m
English
Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press
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Chapter 7 Verification and Validation

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • – understand what is meant by verification and validation (V&V);
  • – understand the benefits and costs of applying V&V techniques;
  • – understand the traceability technique and its usefulness;
  • – learn about the IEEE 1012 V&V standard and models used in industry;
  • – understand the processes and activities of V&V;
  • – understand the activities of the software validation phase;
  • – learn how to develop and use a V&V checklist for your project;
  • – understand how to write a V&V plan for your project;
  • – learn about the V&V tools available;
  • – understand the relationship between V&V and the software quality assurance plan.

7.1 Introduction

In an article about safety, Leveson [LEV 00] brilliantly explains the dangers of modern software-based systems. The following text box summarizes her thinking.

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