Challenges in Flexible Safety-Critical Software Development -- An Industrial Qualitative Survey
Författare
Redaktör
- Jens Heidrich
- Markku Oivo
- Andreas Jedlitschka
- Maria Teresa Baldassarre
Summary, in English
Context. Development of safety-critical systems is mostly governed by process-heavy paradigms, while increasing demands on flexibility and agility also reach this domain. Objectives. We wanted to explore in more detail the industrial needs and challenges when facing this trend. Method. We launched a qualitative survey, interviewing engineers from four companies in four different industry domains. Results. The survey identifies human factors (skills, experience, and attitudes) being key in safety-critical systems development, as well as good documentation. Certification cost is related to change frequency, which is limiting flexibility. Component reuse and iterative processes were found to increase adaptability to changing customer needs. Conclusions. We conclude that agile development and flexibility may co-exist with safety-critical software development, although there are specific challenges to address.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
283-297
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
Volym
7983
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Dokumenttyp
Konferensbidrag
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Computer Science
Nyckelord
- Software Engineering
- Qualitative Survey
- Safety-Critical Software
Conference name
Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. 14th International Conference, PROFES 2013
Conference date
2013-06-12 - 2013-06-14
Conference place
Paphos, Cyprus
Status
Published
Projekt
- ENGROSS
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1611-3349
- ISSN: 0302-9743
- ISBN: 978-3-642-39258-0