Verification & Validation
The process of assessing the artifacts of software development in order to ensure that the product being developed will comply with the standards is referred to as verification. Moreover, it involves static testing of the software product by running it.
On the other hand, the process of validating that the developed software product conforms to the specified business requirements is referred to as validation. Further, it involves the dynamic testing of the software product by running it.
Key Differences
| Verification | Validation |
| Firstly, verification involves the evaluation of artifacts of software development to ensure that the product being developed will comply with its requirements. | Firstly, validation involves validation of developed software product to check if it conforms to the specified business requirements. |
| Secondly, it is a static process. In other words, it analyzes the documents and not the actual end product. | Secondly, it involves the dynamic testing of a software product by running it. |
| In addition, verification is a process-oriented approach. | Validation is a product-oriented approach. |
| Lastly, 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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