Comment Validation vs. verification (Score 3, Insightful) 110
Great I just passed an exam in this, but lets see if I still remember it..
First you we have to get the question right - are you talking about validation or verification of software? They are quite different from each other:
- Validation: Are we building the right product?
- Verification: Are we building the product right?
The above is a quote of Boehm from 1979 I think... can't remember the exact title.
As you can propably guess there is quite a difference betweem the two. Unit testing is a method for verification, but from your description Z sounds like validation to me.
