SOFTWARE SAFETY INITIATIVES

摘要

This paper addresses system safety aspects of product development with primary application to the U.S.A. Department of Defense (DoD) development process. Software is recognized as an increasingly important element of system reliability and safety. This is due to two reasons: first, the amount of code used in products is growing at an exponential rate over time, and secondly, the criticality of the software encoded functions is increasing dramatically. Emphasis has correspondingly increased on software and system aspects of safety. This is in addition to the more traditional elements of hardware product safety. Design guides are offered that help ensure development of both reliable and safe software.