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- Specify the software system under test. Generally a tag should be set on the deployed software to provide revision control and allow specific description of the software under test.
- Certify by the development team that work on the system is complete. Internal verification has been successful successfully performed and the system is ready for validation.
- Review the Validation procedures that will be performed by the team, agree on their sufficiency and necessity.
- Ensure that any test fixtures necessary for the validation are in place in the test environment.
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- No blocker defects were identified as part of the System ValidagionValidation.
- Any known defects have a documented mitigation (which may be to ignore but at least we know).
- Documentation exists to support the release of the new software.