Course Description
Space System Verification and Validation (APPEL-SSVV)
Audience
This course is designed for NASA’s technical workforce, including engineers, systems engineers and project personnel involved in creating overall mission architectures, detailed design and the operation of systems.
Goal
This three-day course is intended to demonstrate the processes, information, and tools necessary to implement a credible verification, integration and test program. It provides exposure to NASA and DOD standards, lessons learned, tools and experiences in validation and verification.
When asked what participants learned that would be most beneficial to their work, they said…
"Good fundamental understanding of V & V, specifically the difference between the two. Also helpful to learn the integrated nature of V & V throughout the SE IIR cycle."
—GRC, 2007
Learning Methods
This course provides a hands-on system validation and verification learning laboratory. Lectures, small group exercises, and videos will also enhance your learning experience. Participants plan test campaigns, execute tests, integrate subsystems and conduct test reviews using a unique desktop satellite called Eyasat.
Specific Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the end-to-end SE process and how it applies to system (and lower level) requirements definition, allocation, validation and verification.
- Describe the purpose and scope of key documents required in the validation and verification processes, and describe typical errors committed.
- Describe various methods of verification, determine when they are appropriate, and how they are used as part of a verification plan.
- Determine appropriate circumstances and applicability of verification methods to prototype and proto-flight systems.
- Describe capabilities of various automated requirements tracking tools (e.g. CORE and DOORS) and their applicability to the validation and verification process.
- Develop, evaluate and implement a master verification plan for a space system including hardware, software and associated ground support equipment (GSE).
