An Acquisition Process Area at Maturity Level 3
The purpose of Acquisition Verification (AVER) is to ensure that selected work products meet their specified requirements.
Acquisition verification addresses whether acquirer work products properly reflect specified requirements.
The Acquisition Verification process area involves the following activities:
· Preparing for verification
· Performing verification
· Identifying corrective action
Verification is inherently an incremental process because it occurs throughout the acquisition of the product or service, beginning with verification of requirements and plans, progressing
through the verification of evolving work products such as design and test results, and culminating in the verification of the completed product.
The specific practices of this process area build on each other in the following way:
· The Select Work Products for Verification specific practice enables the identification of work products to be verified, methods to be used to perform the verification, and documented requirements to be satisfied by each selected
work product.
· The Establish the Verification Environment specific practice enables the selection or creation of the environment to be used to carry out the verification.
· The Establish Verification Procedures and Criteria specific practice enables the development of verification procedures and criteria that are aligned with selected work products, requirements, methods, and characteristics of the
verification environment.
· The Prepare for Peer Reviews, Conduct Peer Reviews, and Analyze Peer Review Data specific practices enable the performance of peer reviews, an important type of verification that is a proven mechanism for effective defect
removal.
· The Perform Verification specific practice enables the conduct of verification according to available methods, procedures, and criteria.
· The Analyze Verification Results specific practice enables analysis of verification results against established criteria.
Refer to the Acquisition Validation process area for more information about confirming that a product or product component fulfills its intended use when placed in
its intended environment.
Refer to the Acquisition Requirements Development process area for more information about generating and developing customer and contractual
requirements.
Refer to the Acquisition Technical Management process area for more information about evaluating supplier work
products.
Refer to the Requirements Management process area for more information about managing requirements.
Specific Goal and Practice Summary
SG 1 Prepare for Verification
SP 1.1 Select Work Products for Verification
SP 1.2 Establish the Verification Environment
SP 1.3 Establish Verification Procedures and Criteria
SG 2 Perform Peer Reviews
SP 2.1 Prepare for Peer Reviews
SP 2.2 Conduct Peer Reviews
SP 2.3 Analyze Peer Review Data
SG 3 Verify Selected Work Products
SP 3.1 Perform Verification
SP 3.2 Analyze Verification Results
Specific Practices by Goal