VICTORY VALIDATION – AN INTRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL OVERVIEW

For most standards bodies, the validation and maturation process is dependent on motivated members of the standards community to develop reference systems or components and to provide the governing body with the necessary data and details to support maturing a given specification or set of specifications. Although this has worked well for other standards bodies, the VICTORY Standards Support Office (VSSO) recognized early that validation would be key in rapidly defining usable specifications for the Army ground vehicle community. Understanding the importance of validating specifications, the VSSO formally defined a validation process that is used to aid in maturing the VICTORY Standard Specifications. This paper will focus on explaining the formalized validation process that is applied to the VICTORY Standard Specifications.