Our Services
Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
Our Approach to Independent Validation & Verification (IV&V)
Winbourne & Costas treats IV&V as a technical review of project-related risk identification and assessment. Inherent in this type of review there are strong linkages to cost and schedule risk as well as technical risk, because most technical risks have a corresponding impact on project cost and schedule. We apply our IV&V methodology as a multi-faceted discipline involving a significant degree of tailoring to the specific project analysis.
Since IV&V emphasizes risk identification and mitigation, those areas of a project that have the most risk generally have the greatest level of IV&V activities and analysis applied to them. IV&V supports all phases of a project acquisition and a software development cycle. Winbourne & Costas approaches the project acquisition planning and implementation phases as potential avenues for IV&V activities, often requiring different levels of skills and experiences depending upon the phase and type of activity.