An Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes

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Committee for Review of Oversight Mechanisms for Space Shuttle Flight Software Processes, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council
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Effective software is essential to the success and safety of the Space Shuttle, including its crew and its payloads. The on-board software continually monitors and controls critical systems throughout a Space Shuttle flight. At NASA's request, the committee convened to ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-16	(skim)
1. Overview of the Study	17-28	(skim)
2. Independent Verification and Validation of Critical Software	29-38	(skim)
3. The Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Process	39-50	(skim)
4. The Space Shuttle Flight Software Verification and Validation Process	51-60	(skim)
5. The Silent Safety Program Revisited	61-76	(skim)
6. Organizational Issues	77-86	(skim)
7. Final Thoughts and Future Considerations	87-92	(skim)
Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	93-94	(skim)
Bibliography	95-100	(skim)
Appendix A: Study Participants	101-104	(skim)
Appendix B: Statement of Task	105-106	(skim)
Appendix C: Interim Report of the Committee for Review of Oversight Mechanisms for Space Shuttle Flight Software Process: Independent Verification and Validation for Space Shuttle Flight Software	107-130	(skim)
Appendix D: Overview of ASET IV & V Methodology	131-138	(skim)
Appendix E: Flight Software Verification and Validation Requirements	139-194	(skim)

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Effective software is essential to the success and safety of the Space Shuttle, including its crew and its payloads. The on-board software continually monitors and controls critical systems throughout a Space Shuttle flight. At NASA's request, the committee convened to review the agency's flight software development processes and to recommend a number of ways those processes could be improved.
This book, the result of the committee's study, evaluates the safety, oversight, and management functions that are implemented currently in the Space Shuttle program to ensure that the software is of the highest quality possible. Numerous recommendations are made regarding safety and management procedures, and a rationale is offered for continuing the Independent Verification and Validation effort that was instituted after the Challenger Accident.

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