verification / validation
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verification
title
verification / validation
type
definition
requires
- verification-practices
related
[]
entry_points
- verification
- validation
summary
The two halves of quality — verification asks whether it was built right, validation asks whether the right thing was built and whether it's any good.
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· plain
The two halves of quality — verification asks whether it was built right, validation asks whether the right thing was built and whether it's any good.
· definition
The two halves of quality Verification asks did we
build it right? (matches spec) — tests, lint, self-review, cross-agent review, human
architectural review
· usage
Validation asks did we build the right thing, and is it good? —
the four modalities (, , , ) A passing
stack is not validation.
referenced by (derived)
architectural register / executable register · dogfood · eval (graded eval) · ho document · interaction test · sidequest · smoke test
defining documents: verification-practices §2