Table of Contents

1. Overview
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Scope
1.3 Application
1.4 Disclaimer
2. References
3. Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Abbreviations
4. Contents of a software safety plane
4.1 Purpose
4.2 Definitions, acronyms and abbreviations, and
      references (Section 2 of the Plan)
4.3 Software safety management (Section 3 of the Plan)
4.4 Software safety analyses (Section 4 of the Plan)
4.5 Post development (Section 5 of the Plan)
4.6 Plan approval (Section 6 of the Plan)
ANNEX
Discussion of software safety analyses (informative)
A.1 Software safety requirements analyses
A.2 Software safety design analysis
A.3 Software safety code analysis
A.4 Software safety test analysis
A.5 Software safety change analysis

Abstract

Covers the Plan used for the development, procurement, maintenance, and retirement of safety critical software; including software products whose failure could cause loss of life, serious harm, or have a widespread negative social impact. This publication requires that the Plan be prepared within the context of the system safety program. Covers only the safety aspects of the software. Does not contain special provisions required for software used in distributed systems or in parallel processors.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Pages
ISBN
Supersedes	IEEE DRAFT 1228 : SEP 93