Literally independent validation and verification. https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/independent_verification_and_validation https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/te

Literally independent validation and verification. https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/independent_verification_and_validation https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/independent_verification... In some domains, doing IV&V to see how well your software really works is required by regulations, in others... we just guess.