Verification and validation (V&V) processes are used to determine whether the development products of a given activity conform to the requirements of that activity and whether the product satisfies its intended use and user needs. V&V life cycle process requirements are specified for different integrity levels. The scope of V&V processes encompasses systems, software, and hardware, and it includes their interfaces. This standard applies to systems, software, and hardware being developed, maintained, or reused (legacy, commercial off-the-shelf [COTS], non-developmental items). The term software also includes firmware and microcode, and each of the terms syste...

This verification and validation (V&V) standard is a process standard that addresses all system, software, and hardware life cycle processes including the Agreement, Organizational Project-Enabling, Project, Technical, Software Implementation, Software Support, and Software Reuse process groups. This standard is compatible with all life cycle models (e.g., system, software, and hardware); however, not all life cycle models use all of the processes listed in this standard. V&V processes determine whether the development products of a given activity conform to the requirements of that activity and whether the product satisfies its intended use and user needs. ...

The purpose of this standard is to: - Establish a common framework of the V&V processes, activities, and tasks in support of all system, software, and hardware life cycle processes. - Define the V&V tasks, required inputs, and required outputs in each life cycle process. - Identify the minimum V&V tasks corresponding to a four-level integrity schema. - Define the content of the Verification and Validation Plan.