NDLI: Software certification - coding, code, and coders

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Havelund, K. Holzmann, G.J.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: Laboratory for Reliable Software (LaRS), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, 91109-8099, USA (Havelund, K.; Holzmann, G.J.)
Abstract	We describe a certification approach for software development that has been adopted at our organization. JPL develops robotic spacecraft for the exploration of the solar system. The flight software that controls these spacecraft is considered to be mission critical. We argue that the goal of a software certification process cannot be the development of “perfect” software, i.e., software that can be formally proven to be correct under all imaginable and unimaginable circumstances. More realistically, the goal is to guarantee a software development process that is conducted by knowledgeable engineers, who follow generally accepted procedures to control known risks, while meeting agreed upon standards of workmanship. We target three specific issues that must be addressed in such a certification procedure: the coding process, the code that is developed, and the skills of the coders. The coding process is driven by standards. The code is mechanically checked against the standards with the help of state-of-the-art static source code analyzers. The coders, finally, are certified in on-site training courses that include formal exams.
Starting Page	205
Ending Page	210
File Size	446502
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450307147
e-ISBN	9781450307147
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-10-09
Publisher Place	Taiwan
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM)
Subject Keyword	Code review Logic model checking Safety- and mission-critical software. Static source code analysis Programming Software Encoding Software reliability Unit testing Certification Standards Coding standards
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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