New verification engineers reading these chapters to learn what to expect and how things work in verification. It goes into how to optimize the verification plan and the environment and how to get effective results. Various subjects are discussed here to get the most out of the verification environment. Lastely, specific appendix discusses some tools to help eliminate repetitive work and also guides specific tools. While reading Effective Functional Verification, one will be able to get a jump start on planning and implementation of verification plans using the concepts presented.