Validation Activities

Validation in the Planning Phase

• Budgeting
• Resourcing
• Providing qualified personnel
• Project Plan  and Validation Plan
• Approach, methodology, controls

Validation in the Requirements Analysis Phase

Requirements must be:

• Defined by the appropriate people
• Users, technical professionals
• Able to define the intended design
• Unambiguous
• Able to be traced
• Unique, numbered
• Testable
• Specific, measurable

Validation in the Design Phase

• Traceability from requirements
• Documentation
• Configuration management

Validation in the Build Phase

• Good software quality engineering practices
• Coding/configuration standards
• Peer reviews
• Walkthroughs

Validation in the Testing Phase

• Traceability to testing
• Installation Qualification (IQ)
• Operational Qualification (OQ)
• Performance Qualification (PQ)
• Validation report

Validation in the Implementation Phase

• Training of users and support personnel
• Data conversion / migration
• Implementation controls
• Legacy system retirement

Validation in the Maintenance Phase

• Change control
• Disaster Recovery
• Backup and restoration
• Problem reporting and resolution
• Document management

Validation in the Retirement Phase

• Record retention
• Archival
• System disablement
• Removal from IS processes