Verification and validation are the two activities/phases that together lead to the whole software testing. In this article, we will study the key difference between verification and validation.
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Verification vs Validation
| Verification | Validation |
|---|---|
| Verification is the process of evaluating the artifacts of software development in order to ensure that the product being developed will comply to the standards. | Validation is the process of validating that the developed software product conforms to the specified business requirements. |
| It is a static process of analysing the documents and not the actual end product. | It involves dynamic testing of a software product by running it. |
| Verification is a process oriented approach. | Validation is a product-oriented approach. |
| Answers the question – “Are we building the product right?” | Answers the question – “Are we building the right product?” |
| Errors found during verification require lesser cost/resources to get fixed as compared to be found during the validation phase. | Errors found during validation require more cost/resources. Later the error is discovered higher is the cost to fix it. |
| It involves activities like document review, test case review, walk-throughs, inspection etc. | It involves activities like functional testing, automation testing etc. |
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