Verification Services

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About Verification Points


A verification point is mechanism for testing, or verifying, the behavior of the component-under-test.

Using QualityArchitect, you can verify return values, the values of input/output parameters, and side effects -- that is, how the behavior of the component-under-test affects the component itself as well as other objects. For example, in a banking application, you might want to verify that a component correctly calculates a monthly mortgage payment for a given set of inputs such as loan amount, interest rate, and life of loan.

You establish verification points in your test scripts in either of the following ways:


Roles in Working with Verification Points

The following testing team members use verification services. Depending upon the requirements of your site, the same person or different persons perform the different tasks.

The following diagram illustrates the different roles of the test team:

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