IEEE Standard for System and Software Verification and Validation
IEEE Std 1012-2012 Front Cover -14
Title Page -12
Notice to users -9
Laws and regulations -9
Copyrights -9
Updating of IEEE documents -9
Errata -9
Patents -8
Participants -7
Introduction -5
Contents -3
Important notice 1
1. Overview 1
1.1 Scope 1
1.2 Purpose 2
1.3 Field of application 3
1.4 V&V objectives 4
1.5 Organization of the standard 4
1.6 Audience 6
1.7 Conformance 7
1.8 Disclaimer 7
2. Normative references 7
3. Definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms 7
3.1 Definitions 7
3.2 Abbreviations and acronyms 11
4. Relationships between V&V and life cycle processes 12
5. Integrity levels 15
6. V&V processes overview 17
6.1 General 17
6.2 V&V testing 18
7. Common V&V activities 19
7.1 Activity: V&V Management 19
7.2 Activity: Acquisition Support V&V 20
7.3 Activity: Supply Planning V&V 21
7.4 Activity: Project Planning V&V 21
7.5 Activity: Configuration Management V&V 21
8. System V&V activities 33
8.1 Activity: Stakeholder Requirements Definition V&V 33
The purpose of the Stakeholder Requirements Definition Process is to define the requirements for a system that can provide the services needed by users and other stakeholders in a defined environment. It identifies stakeholders, or stakeholder classes... 33
The V&V effort shall perform, as specified in Table 2b for the selected integrity level, the following Stakeholder Requirements Definition V&V tasks described in Table 1b: 33
8.2 Activity: Requirements Analysis V&V 33
8.3 Activity: Architectural Design V&V 34
8.4 Activity: Implementation V&V 35
8.5 Activity: Integration V&V 35
8.6 Activity: Transition V&V 36
8.7 Activity: Operation V&V 36
8.8 Activity: Maintenance V&V 37
8.9 Activity: Disposal V&V 38
9. Software V&V activities 68
9.1 Activity: Software Concept V&V 68
9.2 Activity: Software Requirements V&V 68
9.3 Activity: Software Design V&V 69
9.4 Activity: Software Construction V&V 69
9.5 Activity: Software Integration Test V&V 70
9.6 Activity: Software Qualification Test V&V 70
9.7 Activity: Software Acceptance Test V&V 71
9.8 Activity: Software Installation and Checkout V&V 71
9.9 Activity: Software Operation V&V 72
9.10 Activity: Software Maintenance V&V 72
9.11 Activity: Software Disposal V&V 73
10. Hardware V&V activities 110
10.1 Activity: Hardware Concept V&V 110
10.2 Activity: Hardware Requirements V&V 110
10.3 Activity: Hardware Design V&V 111
10.4 Activity: Hardware Fabrication V&V 111
10.5 Activity: Hardware Integration Test V&V 112
10.6 Activity: Hardware Qualification Test V&V 112
10.7 Activity: Hardware Acceptance Test V&V 113
10.8 Activity: Hardware Transition V&V 113
10.9 Activity: Hardware Operation V&V 114
10.10 Activity: Hardware Maintenance V&V 114
10.11 Activity: Hardware Disposal V&V 115
11. V&V reporting, administrative, and documentation requirements 147
11.1 V&V reporting requirements 147
11.2 V&V administrative requirements 150
11.3 V&V documentation requirements 150
12. V&V plan outline 151
12.1 Overview 151
12.2 VVP Section 1: Purpose 152
12.3 VVP Section 2: Referenced documents 152
12.4 VVP Section 3: Definitions 152
12.5 VVP Section 4: V&V overview 152
12.5.1 VVP Section 4.1: Organization 152
12.5.2 VVP Section 4.2: Master schedule 153
12.5.3 VVP Section 4.3: Integrity level scheme 153
12.5.4 VVP Section 4.4: Resources summary 153
12.5.5 VVP Section 4.5: Responsibilities 153
12.5.6 VVP Section 4.6: Tools, techniques, and methods 153
12.6 VVP Section 5: V&V processes 154
12.6.1 VVP Section 5.1: Common V&V Processes, Activities, and Tasks 154
12.6.2 VVP Section 5.2: System V&V Processes, Activities, and Tasks 154
12.6.3 VVP Section 5.3: Software V&V Processes, Activities, and Tasks 154
12.6.4 VVP Section 5.4: Hardware V&V Processes, Activities, and Tasks 154
12.7 VVP Section 6: V&V reporting requirements 154
12.8 VVP Section 7: V&V administrative requirements 154
12.8.1 General 154
12.8.2 VVP Section 7.1: Anomaly resolution and reporting 154
12.8.3 VVP Section 7.2: Task iteration policy 154
12.8.4 VVP Section 7.3: Deviation policy 155
12.8.5 VVP Section 7.4: Control procedures 155
12.8.6 VVP Section 7.5: Standards, practices, and conventions 155
12.9 VVP Section 8: V&V test documentation requirements 155
Annex A (informative) Mapping of IEEE 1012 V&V activities and tasks 156
A.1 Mapping of ISO/IEC 15288 V&V requirements to IEEE 1012 V&V activities and tasks 156
A.2 Mapping of IEEE 1012 V&V activities to ISO/IEC 15288 system life cycle processes and activities 158
A.3 Mapping of ISO/IEC 12207 V&V requirements to IEEE 1012 V&V activities and tasks 159
A.4 Mapping of IEEE 1012 V&V activities to IEEE 12207 software life cycle processes and activities 161
Annex B (informative) A risk-based, integrity-level scheme 163
Annex C (informative) Definition of independent V&V (IV&V) 165
C.1 Technical independence 165
C.2 Managerial independence 165
C.3 Financial independence 165
C.4 Forms of independence 165
C.4.1 Classical IV&V 166
C.4.2 Modified IV&V 166
C.4.3 Integrated IV&V 166
C.4.4 Internal IV&V 166
C.4.5 Embedded V&V 167
Annex D (informative) V&V of reuse software 168
D.1 Purpose 168
D.2 V&V of software developed in a reuse process 169
D.2.1 V&V of assets in development 169
D.2.2 V&V of reused assets 169
D.3 V&V of software developed and reused outside of a reuse process 169
Annex E (informative) V&V measures 175
E.1 Introduction 175
E.2 Measures for evaluating anomaly density 175
E.3 Measures for evaluating V&V effectiveness 176
E.4 Measures for evaluating V&V efficiency 176
Annex F (informative) Example of V&V relationships to other project responsibilities 178
Annex G (informative) Optional V&V tasks 179
Annex H (informative) Environmental factors considerations 185
H.1 Introduction 185
H.2 In the agreement processes 185
H.3 In the organizational project-enabling processes 185
H.4 In the project processes 186
H.5 In the technical processes 186
Annex I (informative) V&V of system, software, and hardware integration 188
I.1 Introduction 188
I.2 Examples of system failures caused by integration issues 188
I.2.1 Year 2000 System Integration Issue 189
I.2.2 System architecture integration issues 189
I.3 System, software, and hardware interaction issues 190
Annex J (informative) Hazard, security, and risk analyses 193
J.1 Hazard analysis 193
Annex K (informative) Example of assigning and changing the system integrity level of “supporting system functions” 198
Annex L (informative) Mapping of ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 and IEEE 12207 process outcomes to V&V tasks 200
Annex M (informative) Bibliography 209
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