Certification of production-representative/production software-intensive systems for dedicated test and evaluation

Author

Shumskas, Anthony F.

Author_Institution

Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

24-27 Jun 1991

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

52

Abstract

Fundamental issues in the certification of readiness for dedicated test and evaluation of software-intensive systems are discussed. The issues are: what is production-representative or production software, what are the effects of the software on dedicated system operational test readiness, how should software effects be considered in the certification process and what are the retest/recertification requirements associated with software changes/modifications? A paradigm is proposed that answers these questions and gives guidelines for implementing a solution to these issues. The paradigm is based upon existing test and evaluation events and uses a combination of defense and commercial standards and definitions to propose criteria for software certification and retest or regression test

Keywords

program testing; software reliability; standards; certification process; commercial standards; dedicated system operational test readiness; production software; regression test; retest/recertification requirements; software changes/modifications; software effects; software-intensive systems; Application software; Certification; Costs; Hardware; Production systems; Quality management; Software quality; Software testing; System testing; Total quality management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Assurance, 1991. COMPASS '91, Systems Integrity, Software Safety and Process Security. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Gaithersburg, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0126-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPASS.1991.161036

Filename

161036