Software Verification and Validation

Verify- Merriam Webster Online Dictionary

• To establish the truth, accuracy, or reality of– Confirm– Bear out– Prove– Authenticate– Validate– Substantiate– Corroborate– Make sure– Attest to

Validate

• To support or corroborate on a sound or authoritative basis– Authenticate– Legalize– Make lawful– Authorize– Confirm– Corroborate– Bear out– Certify– Endorse

Verify Validate

Prove Legalize

Substantiate Make lawful

Make sure Authorize

Attest to Certify

Endorse

According to Boehm

• Verification means “we are building the product right.”

• Validation means “we are building the right product”.

Test (v.)• To apply a test as a means of analysis or diagnosis

– where a test (n.) is a critical examination, observation, or evaluation; specifically, the procedure of submitting a statement to such conditions or operations as will lead to its proof or disproof or its acceptance or rejection

Try Try outPut to the test InvestigateCheck AnalyzeExamine Experiment Assess