What Should Be Validated?

Describing the two types of validation.

Validation is essential to assessing the success of a project. To facilitate this, two types of validation will be used.

Functional Validation

The most straightforward form of validation is functional validation. Its purpose is to test the functionality of the application and whether it meets the goals set out for the project. For this project, three tests will be done: a regular full run of the pipeline, one using an (incredibly) unrealistic avatar and one testing the same image twice to see if the results are the same.

Ecological Validation

Ecological validity relates to whether the effects would be the same outside of a sterile lab environment (or in this case a development environment). In short, it provides validation as to whether the solution is at all generalisable to real-world settings.