Challenges in Flexible Safety-Critical Software Development -- An Industrial Qualitative Survey
Holmén Notander, Jesper LU ; Höst, Martin LU and Runeson, Per LU
(2013)
Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. 14th International Conference, PROFES 2013
7983.
p.283-297
- Abstract
- 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.... (More)
- 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. (Less)
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- author
- Holmén Notander, Jesper
LU
; Höst, Martin
LU
and Runeson, Per
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2013
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
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- subject
- keywords
- Software Engineering, Qualitative Survey, Safety-Critical Software
- host publication
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
- editor
- Heidrich, Jens ; Oivo, Markku ; Jedlitschka, Andreas and Baldassarre, Maria Teresa
- volume
- 7983
- pages
- 15 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- conference name
- Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. 14th International Conference, PROFES 2013
- conference location
- Paphos, Cyprus
- conference dates
- 2013-06-12 - 2013-06-14
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- wos:000342989700023
- scopus:84884946145
- ISSN
- 1611-3349
- 0302-9743
- ISBN
- 978-3-642-39258-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-642-39259-7_23
- project
- ENGROSS
- language
- English
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- yes
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