Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes

Committee for Review of Oversight Mechanisms for Space Shuttle Flight Software Processes, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Overview of the Study; 4 2. Independent Verification and Validation of Critical Software; 5 3. The Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Process; 6 4. The Space Shuttle Flight Software Verification and Validation Process; 7 5. The Silent Safety Program Revisited; 8 6. Organizational Issues; 9 7. Final Thoughts and Future Considerations; 10 Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 11 Bibliography; 12 Appendix A: Study Participants; 13 Appendix B: Statement of Task; 14 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; 15 Appendix D: Overview of ASET IV & V Methodology; 16 Appendix E: Flight Software Verification and Validation Requirements