Requirements Framework for the Software Systems Safety Review Panel (SSSTRP)

Abstract

This paper describes the research and progress made during FY09 at the Naval Postgraduate School on a Software Systems Safety Review Panel (SSSTRP) Requirements Framework. Accomplishments made in FY09 include the discovery of the primary causes for the high level of vendor failure rates during the SSSTRP process. Research showed that the lack of structure associated with the vendor-provided Technical Review Package (TRP) led to inconsistent documentation and standards in the SSSTRP process of evaluating the vendor's software safety risk. The development of a domain-specific Requirements Framework designed to work with the SSSTRP process will both help the vendor fully understand the measurable requirements for the TRP, and the SSSTRP members to understand the measurable standard by which the TRP is evaluated. This process should result in a reduction of SSSTRP failures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 10, 2010
Accession Number
ADA518632

Entities

People

  • Joey Rivera
  • Valdis A. Berzins

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Debugging
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Risk Analysis
  • Safety Analysis
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Standards
  • System Software
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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