Scrum is an iterative, incremental framework for delivering business value. It is not a Verification and Validation (V&V) approach. So how do we merge Scrum and V&V when a product must be subjected to formal V&V activities? How do we plan V&V work, incorporating it into a Scrum roadmap and backlog? How do we execute the V&V plan while performing development activities? Julie Bouchard and Kathy Aragon briefly describe what V&V is—and what it isn’t. They introduce V&V Navigator, a Government-developed, web-based tool to aid in identifying candidate V&V activities. Julie and Kathy demonstrate the use of Navigator to plan activities and artifacts for V&V, show how to map V&V activities into a Scrum backlog, and explore how to bake V&V into epics and stories “done” criteria. Learn ways to integrate V&V within the Scrum development process—the same as we do testing activities.
Kathryn Aragon
Sandia National Laboratories
Kathy Aragon has worked as a contractor and employee at Sandia National Laboratories for more than thirty-four years. With a background in software development and database design and administration, Kathy has been involved in software engineering as a developer and appraiser for several decades and with Scrum for eight years. A Certified Product Owner and Certified ScrumMaster, she has launched many teams of varying sizes in adopting Scrum for both software and non-software products
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