Verification and validation

--Originally published at Hackerman's house

These are two different processes utilized to test if the software we are producing satisfies certain characteristics. Both are directly related with what the client wants to build. Let’s see the differences between them and why both or them are important in the process of building great software.

Verification

Verification is the process of evaluating work-products of a development phase, this doesn’t evaluate the final product. The evaluation done decides if the software satisfies the specified requirements of that phase.

Are we building the product right?

Verification is done trough reviews, walkthroughs and inspections. These check if the software satisfies each of the requirements it should.

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Validation

Validation is the process of evaluating software at the end of the development process to determine if it satisfies specified business requirements. It basically evaluates if the software does what the client needs, it is directly related to the specifications done at the beginning of the project, if these were wrong in the first place then the software won’t be validated.

Are we building the right product?

There are two ways to perform software validation, internal and external. In the internal way it is assumed that the goals of the stakeholders were correctly understood, and if the software meets the requirement specification then it is internally validated. External validation happens when you ask the stakeholders if the software meets their needs.

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Source

http://softwaretestingfundamentals.com/verification-vs-validation/