IV&V teams · Independent verification & validation
Microfilm gives independent verification & validation (IV&V) teams their own test evidence: the verifier captures and signs each session, attributed to who ran it and traced to the requirement — so the independent record is distinguishable from the development team’s by construction.
Independent verification & validation only carries weight if the evidence is genuinely independent and clearly attributable. Microfilm lets a verifier capture and sign their own test sessions — tied to the requirement, the test case, and the person who ran it — so the independent record stands on its own and stays separable from the development team’s.
Availability · Capture and signing are free forever on the desktop app. The self-building traceability matrix and audit-package export are Team-and-up cloud features.
What Microfilm is · Microfilm is a desktop app and cloud service that records software QA testing as it happens and turns it into signed, tamper-evident, audit-ready evidence — readable by both human auditors and AI coding agents.
The pain
An IV&V finding that lands as a summary in a report invites the same question from the IV&V lead and the program office every time: what exactly was tested, by whom, and where is the proof? When the independent record is a prose write-up or a folder of screenshots scattered across threads, the independence is asserted rather than demonstrated — and a reviewer can’t easily separate the verifier’s evidence from the development team’s.
How it maps
The verifier runs the work; Microfilm turns each step into evidence that demonstrates independence rather than asserting it — attributed, traceable, and separable from development’s record.
Session capture records the screen and the verifier’s narration against the requirement under test — so the evidence shows how a result was reached, not just the verdict.
Each verdict is signed and attributed to the verifier, append-only — so the independent record is distinguishable from the development team’s by who attested it.
A finding routes back with the requirement, what was observed, and the capture link — backed by evidence a reviewer can open, not a line item in a report.
Every independent test links to the requirement it verifies; the IV&V team’s matrix and signed evidence export as their own package, separate from development records.
Instead of a finding summarized in a report, share a scoped, read-only link to the live, independent traceability matrix — every requirement mapped to the verifier’s signed evidence — for the IV&V team and the sponsoring agency to search and confirm themselves. Each verdict reads in plain language — “Verified — signed by [verifier], unaltered since capture” — not a raw signature to decode. Access is scoped to the engagement and time-bounded, never a login to your whole evidence corpus. (Team plan and up.)
IV&V (IEEE 1012) ↔ Microfilm
A V&V process expects independence, documented task results, and traceability to requirements. Microfilm doesn’t perform the analysis — it produces the record that makes the independence demonstrable.
Evidence that the verifier — not the developer — produced the result, kept separate from the development record.
Each record signed and attributed to the verifier, exportable as a package distinct from development’s evidence.
Documented verification results, traceable to the requirement and repeatable on review.
Signed session evidence — screen and narration — linked to the requirement and test case it verifies.
A maintained thread from each requirement through its independent verification.
Live requirement → test → evidence → signature links, assembled into a standalone IV&V traceability matrix.
A reviewer can see how a result was reached, not just the verdict that was reported.
Captured screen and narration in an append-only record a reviewer can replay end to end.
FAQ
No. The independent analysis is the work of your IV&V team or agent. Microfilm is the tool they use to capture and sign trustworthy, attributable evidence — so the independence of their conclusions is backed by a record that stands on its own.
Each record is signed and attributed to the person who ran the test. An IV&V analyst’s signed sessions are distinguishable from development’s by who attested them, and can be exported as a standalone package.
Yes. Session capture records the screen and the verifier’s narration alongside the verdict, so an independent review can see the method behind each finding.
Capture and signing are free on the desktop app. The self-building traceability matrix and audit-package export are cloud capabilities on the Team plan and up.
Microfilm produces the attributable evidence an IV&V effort relies on, in line with the documentation and traceability a V&V process (e.g. IEEE 1012) expects. It does not perform the independent assessment or replace your IV&V agent — the independence of the analysis is yours; the trustworthy, separable record is what Microfilm provides.
Create a workspace for your team, or download the free capture app and record your first session.