discussions topic

Topic:  Verification vs. Validation

Initial Post: Initial posts are due by 12:00 PM ET Tuesday.  Within the Discussion Forum area, write two - three paragraphs that respond to the topic with your thoughts, ideas, and comments.  Be substantive and clear, and use examples from the readings and your own experiences to reinforce your ideas.  Be sure to integrate citations/references to the readings for the week as well as two additional peer reviewed resources.  This will be the foundation for the module discussion with your classmates

Peer Replies: Responses are due by 12:00 PM ET Friday.  Please reply to two classmates on differing days.  When replying to your classmates ask them critical thinking questions about their post and offer them an additional resource to further their thinking on the subject.  The idea is to keep coming back to the discussion throughout the week, replying to your classmates’ posts and any classmates that reply to your posts.

Scenario:  

You have been working as a project manager on a software project for the past eight months.  You are leading a team of 6 other developers in creating a database management system for a large company.  The project is very intricate and many details have been added to account for the wide range of functions that the company needs the database to manage. You completed the development phase and your company has already spent 95% of the allocated budget to develop this product. You have handed over the beta version to the customer for final testing and implementation.  After one week, you have a meeting with the customer and they appear to be very upset.  They state that “the database works really well, but it is not what we wanted at all.”