Over the course of IV&V, the team you employ digs deep to find recommendations and proposed changes. Because IV&V looks at every element of the development process (throughout the project lifecycle), the findings cover a range of topics.
After all the reporting, meetings, and planning, however – who actually makes these changes?
You may finish the IV&V process with a ton of new ideas and things to fix, but where do you start?
It’s Up To You
Implementing IV&V-driven changes is up to you and your staff. The IV&V professionals are there to evaluate, verify, and validate – not rebuild your UX or appeal to your customers. They can make highly detailed recommendations, but the choice to follow them is on the organization.
Similarly, the legwork of putting changes in motion is also your responsibility. Department leaders and managers can lean on the information provided by the IV&V team (which will be quite detailed), but rolling out the changes must be done in-house. It’s simply not the job the IV&V team was hired to do.
The Team Will Help
Now, with all of that in mind, you still have the support of the IV&V team! They won’t just leave you high and dry to figure out all of the proposed fixes. The IV&V lead will often stay on after the rest of the team has completed their assessments. Their presence helps ease the transition from finding problems to making fixes. As the IV&V lead, they have a working knowledge of the entire assessment, and can provide individual assistance as needed.
Sponsor Monitoring
The people “on the ground” can also benefit from the supervision of the IV&V sponsors – those members of the organization that initially hired and set the IV&V team in motion. The sponsors work closely with IV&V professionals in a managerial capacity, and build a working knowledge of the big picture goals of the IV&V team along the way.
This means they understand not just the recommendations – but why they are important as well. These leaders guide fixes and changes through top-level oversight, and can help explain budgetary concerns, an order to execute changes, and how each change impacts the overall project.
To learn more about the fine details of IV&V, and how each piece works together to improve your software development projects, contact us today!
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