Verification: The process of evaluating software to determine whether the products of a given development phase satisfy the conditions imposed at the start of that phase.

Validation: The process of evaluating software during or at the end of the development process to determine whether it satisfies specified requirements.

Small businesses should consider a variety of factors when evaluating software or web based staff scheduling solutions:

They were told the samples would be used to evaluate software for scanning handwriting.

In 1989 Drake began work as an NSA contractor, evaluating software.

Business products have longer sales cycles and slower adoption rates because corporate users take longer to evaluate software and modify internal programs.

That also means fewer people with the time to evaluate and test new software.

There are many benchmark programs consumers can use to evaluate their systems, software and components.

Customers can also evaluate software free via use of temporary licences.

He is on the Microsoft Online Research Panel, evaluating software in Bata, and new computers and hardware.