From the first two articles (here, and here) on this topic arises the obvious question…so what? Not
validating findings has worked well for many, to the point that the lack of validation is not recognized. After all, who notices that findings were not verified? The peer review process? The manager? The customer? Given just the fact how pervasive training materials and processes are that focus solely on single artifacts in isolation should give us a clear understanding that validating findings is not a common practice. That is, if the need for validation is not pervasive in our industry literature, and if someone isn’t asking the question, “…but how do you know?”, then what leads us to assume that validation is part of what we do?
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