Process
Areas
(staged)

Level 2
 RM
 ARD
 PP
 PMC
 AM
 SSAD
 MA
 PPQA
 CM
Level 3
 ATM
 AVER
 AVAL
 OPF
 OPD
 OT
 IPM
 RSKM
 DAR
Level 4
 OPP
 QPM
Level 5
 OID
 CAR

 4.6. Acquisition Verification

An Acquisition Process Area at Maturity Level 3

Purpose

The purpose of Acquisition Verification (AVER) is to ensure that selected work products meet their specified requirements.

Introductory Notes

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

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Process
Areas(continuous)

Process
management  
 OPF
 OPD
 OT  
 OPP 
 OID
Project
management
 PP
 PMC
 IPM
 QPM
 RSKM
 REQM
Acquisition
 AM
 SSAD 
 ARD
 ATM
 AVER
 AVAL
Support
 CM
 PPQA
 MA
 DAR
 CAR