Verification and validation

MIS = Management Information System ?
or Management Information Systems department?

In either case:
verification = does it do what is specified = QC = testing
validation = does what it comes up with make sense = QA = reviews

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To verify something is to check that it is what it is supposed to be, ie it matches the design specifications or stated purposes. usually used in terms of hardware or software.

To validate is usually used in terms of data within a system. it means to check that the data is correct. In regards to system design you validate that the data entry works and goes where it should and that out of parameter data causes an error message to appear.

With regards a Management Information System you usually VERIFY that all the data is in the system and then VALIDATE that all the data is correctly entered.

You can have wrong report because the data is either not all there or inaccurate.