Effective Programmatic Software Safety Strategy for US Navy Gun System Acquisition Programs

Abstract

The System Software Safety Technical Review Panel (SSSTRP) is tasked with reviewing the software safety processes and practices of US Navy software-intensive Gun System acquisition programs from the early stages of the acquisition process. As these systems grow in complexity and as Open Architecture (OA) is implemented, the acquisition and demonstration of safe software is becoming a more challenging task--often resulting in unexpected safety risks, schedule delays, and cost overruns. This research presents an approach to mitigate common risks in this domain from the Program Management level. This approach focuses on analyzing historical weapon system SSSTRP data to identify trends that could lead to a strategy to increase software safety as well as reduce unexpected findings at the SSSTRP. This research effort is still in the early stages, but data are being collected, and progress is being made. The goal of this paper is to increase awareness of both the problem and the research effort that is attempting to mitigate the common effects felt by Program Managers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 22, 2009
Accession Number
ADA528085

Entities

People

  • Joey Rivera
  • Valdis A. Berzins

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Program Management
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • System Software
  • Uss Bunker Hill
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.