Verification Services

The Comprehensive Build Verification provides the Beneficiary with independent assurance of the completeness and usability of the Deposit Materials. Using the supplied source materials and performed remotely via a secure connection, The Escrow Company consultant observes and documents the software build and compilation process. If feasible, once the product has been compiled/deployed, the Beneficiary will be invited to remotely test the recompiled software. A typical Comprehensive Build Verification would include:

• Identify and document the test development environment utilised including specifications of all hardware, operating systems and virtualised environments;
• Identify all third-party applications used during compilation of the product;
• Introduce the source code and associated files required for compilation of the product into the test development environment;
• Analyse and document the structure of the source code repositories and ensure that source code directories are present for all components of the product;
• Identify the readability of the source code – check for history, formatting, comments etc. and examine file/function naming conventions etc. to verify the lack of any obfuscation;
• Identify any database(s) included as part of the software and ensure the appropriate database creation scripts or dump files are included as part of the deposit if appropriate;
• Verify that all source code can be used to generate an executable version of the product and that all application components have been successfully compiled;
• Verify that the product components can be successfully deployed and that the version of the product is the correct version as specified by the Beneficiary with configuration of the test runtime environment and details of all third-party applications required documented;
• Verify that on the entry of test data the product functions in the correct and expected manner;