<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> In software project management, software testing, and software engineering, verification and validation (V&V) is the process of checking that a software system meets specifications and that it fulfills its intended purpose . It may also be referred to as software quality control . It is normally the responsibility of software testers as part of the software development lifecycle . In simple terms, software verification is: "Assuming we should build X, does our software achieve its goals without any bugs or gaps?" On the other hand, software validation is: "Was X what we should have built? Does X meet the high level requirements?" </P> <P> Verification and validation are not the same thing, although they are often confused . Boehm succinctly expressed the difference between </P>

Role of verification and validation in software engineering