validation-report

Automating QA validation workflows involves executing SPEC.md, CONTRACTS.md, and IMPLEMENTATION.md checks end-to-end to produce a structured VALIDATION_REPORT.md. This process captures environment details, scenario coverage, contract verification, and a clear pass/fail verdict for stakeholder readiness.

A validation report is a standardized document that communicates software quality status by summarizing test scenarios, contract checks, and execution results. You need it to enforce consistency across validation artifacts and support phase-based QA audits for governance and compliance.

Yes, the validation workflow operates without external dependencies or components. It defines its own comprehensive framework to validate software behavior and outputs the VALIDATION_REPORT.md directly using the built-in validate.sh execution script.

The best way to generate a standardized QA report is to run a validation workflow that targets automated execution of your SPEC.md, CONTRACTS.md, and IMPLEMENTATION.md files. This produces a VALIDATION_REPORT.md containing the environment, scenarios, and final verdict.

Yes, the validation workflow explicitly satisfies a clean-run requirement. It verifies scenario coverage and contract verification before generating the VALIDATION_REPORT.md, which ensures the final verdict accurately reflects stakeholder readiness.

A failed verdict occurs because the validation workflow checks more than just scenarios; it also enforces contract verification and a clean-run requirement. If CONTRACTS.md or IMPLEMENTATION.md checks fail, the overall verdict in VALIDATION_REPORT.md will fail.