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title: "What is verification and validation in Software Engineering?"  
description: "What is verification and validation in Software Engineering?"  
author: "Sanjay Goenka"  
published: 2022-04-06  
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# What is verification and validation in Software Engineering?

What is [verification](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1356/what-is-verification-and-validation) and [validation](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43/validation-controls-in-asp-dot-net) in [Software Engineering](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11283/sei-cmm-model-software-engineering-institute-capability-maturity-model)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

![What is verification and validation in Software Engineering?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/e7796692-ddfc-4ffd-b42f-328ae7921656/images/3faff7d8-f32c-41c0-8115-65bb2d381855.jpeg) **\**

- **Verification and Validation** is the process of determining whether or not a [**software**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30419/what-is-open-source-software) system meets the needed specifications and standards.
- **Verification** is the process of ensuring that software meets its objectives without errors. It's the procedure for determining whether the product being developed is correct or not. It determines whether the generated product meets our specifications. Static Testing is a type of verification.
- **Validation** is the process of determining whether a software product meets the required standards, or in other words, whether it meets the product's high level criteria. It is the process of verifying product validation, or ensuring that the product we are building is correct. It is the comparison of the actual and anticipated product. Dynamic Testing is Validation.

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