Analyze Verification Results and Identify Corrective Action

Actual results must be compared to established verification criteria to determine acceptability.

The results of the analysis are recorded as evidence that verification was conducted. For each work product, all available verification results are incrementally analyzed and corrective actions are initiated to ensure that the requirements have been met. Since a peer review is one of several verification methods, peer review data should be included in this analysis activity to ensure that the verification results are analyzed sufficiently. Analysis reports or “as-run” method documentation may also indicate that bad verification results are due to method problems, criteria problems, or a verification environment problem.

• Compare actual results to expected results.
• Based on the established verification criteria, identify products that have not met their requirements or identify problems with the methods, procedures, criteria, and verification environment.
• Analyze the verification data on defects.
• Record all results of the analysis in a report.
• Use verification results to compare actual measurements and performance to technical performance parameters.
• Provide information on how defects may be resolved (including verification methods, criteria, and verification environment) and formalize it in a plan.