6 Software Requirements
Acronym
| CASE | computer-aided software engineering |
| CAST | Certification Authorities Software Team |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAQ | frequently asked question |
| HLR | high-level requirement |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| LLR | low-level requirement |
| SWRD | Software Requirements Document |
| TBD | to be determined |
6.1 Introduction
The software requirements are foundational to DO-178C compliance and safety-critical software development. The success or failure of a project depends on the quality of the requirements. As Nancy Leveson writes:
The vast majority of accidents in which software was involved can be traced to requirements flaws and, more specifically, to incompleteness in the specified and ...
Get Developing Safety-Critical Software now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
