Discipline that ensures software quality
Also known as verification and validation · V&V · software V&V · software testing, verification and validation · software quality, processes and metrics
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In software project management, software testing, and software engineering, verification and validation is the process of checking that a software system meets specifications and requirements so that it fulfills its intended purpose. It may also be referred to as software quality control. It is normally the responsibility of software testers as part of the software development lifecycle. In simple terms, software verification is: "Assuming we should build X, does our software achieve its goals without any bugs or gaps?" On the other hand, software validation is: "Was X what we should have built? Does X meet the high-level requirements?"