Analyze the results of all verification activities.

Actual results must be compared to established verification criteria to determine acceptability.

The results of the analysis are recorded as evidence that verification was conducted.

For each work product, all available verification results are incrementally analyzed to ensure that the requirements have been met. Since a peer review is one of several verification methods, peer review data should be included in this analysis activity to ensure that the verification results are analyzed sufficiently. Analysis reports or “as-run” method documentation may also indicate that bad verification results are due to method problems, criteria problems, or a verification environment problem.

Typical Work Products

1.    Analysis report (e.g., statistics on performances, causal analysis of nonconformances, comparison of the behavior between the real product and models, and trends)

2.    Trouble reports

3.    Change requests for the verification methods, criteria, and environment

Subpractices

1.    Compare actual results to expected results.

2.    Based on the established verification criteria, identify products that have not met their requirements or identify problems with the methods, procedures, criteria, and verification environment

3.    Analyze the verification data on defects.

4.    Record all results of the analysis in a report.

5.    Use verification results to compare actual measurements and performance to technical performance parameters.

6.    Provide information on how defects can be resolved (including verification methods, criteria, and verification environment) and initiate corrective action.

Refer to the corrective action practices of Project Monitoring and Control process area for more information about implementing corrective action.