SP 1.3 Establish Verification Procedures and Criteria

Establish and maintain verification procedures and criteria for the selected work products.

IPPD Addition

The verification procedures and criteria should be developed concurrently and iteratively with the product and product component designs.

Verification criteria are defined to ensure that the work products meet their requirements.

Examples of sources for verification criteria include the following:

· Product and product component requirements

· Standards

· Organizational policies

· Test type

· Test parameters

· Parameters for tradeoff between quality and cost of testing

· Type of work products

· Suppliers

· Proposals and agreements

Typical Work Products

1. Verification procedures

2. Verification criteria

Subpractices

1. Generate the set of comprehensive, integrated verification procedures for work products and any commercial off-the-shelf products, as necessary.

2. Develop and refine the verification criteria when necessary.

3. Identify the expected results, any tolerances allowed in observation, and other criteria for satisfying the requirements.

4. Identify any equipment and environmental components needed to support verification.