The document proposes reclaiming and reframing the V-Model for software testing by removing outdated notions like the concept of time and instead focusing on validation and verification as processes of questioning and checking. It suggests ordering testing activities to meet specific needs and using one's own language and models rather than rigidly following the V-Model. The goal is to help testers operate effectively in the real world rather than just pass a certification.

1. The V-Model Reclaimed
Alan Richardson
www.eviltester.com
http://blog.eviltester.com/2013/02/v-model-reclaimed.html

2. Let's assume that the
people who applied the
V-model to Software
Testing weren't
completely mental.

3. Let's assume that some
secret wisdom has been
corrupted and obscured
by time.

4. This will not help you
with a certification
process. But it may help
you operate in the real
world.

5. A modern 'standard'
V-Model

6. Get rid of the notion of
Time

7. V&V
“V for Vendetta”
“V for Vengeance”

8. Validation and
Verification
Or “Questioning” and
“Checking”

9. I “Question” and I
“Check”

10. Order the 'stuff' to meet
your needs

11. “V for Value”
“Reframe, Question and
Check. Use your own
language. Own your own
models of communication”

12. P.S. It doesn't need to
be a V-Model

13. “Reframe, Question and
Check. Use your own
language. Own your
own models of
communication”

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