Analyzing the cost of complying to the ECSS standards for software development

Feldt, RobertChalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology (author)

Software for space applications has special requirements in terms of reliability and dependability. Standards are one of the primary mechanisms to ensure a sufficient quality level, with the European Cooperation on Space Standardization (ECSS) standards being the main ones. The use of standards is not only a benefit since they can incur considerable costs in terms of, for example, additional documentation and activities. For making the right decisions on which development and quality assurance activities to focus on it is important to know not only their added value but also their costs. Here we present a method for analyzing the cost of standard compliance (CoSC) in software development. It is based on a model which divides the costs into four different types based on their primary value: development, quality-adding, confidence-adding and adherence. The adherence costs are those costs that are incurred by or follows from the use of a standard but does not add any immediate value to either the functionality, quality or quality assurance of the software. Initial results from applying the method in an industrial company adhering to ECSS is presented.

In:European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP. Conference on DAta Systems in Aerospace, DASIA 2010; Budapest; 1-4 June 2010Budapest : European Space Agency682, s. 303-3070379-65669789290922469

By the author/editor: Feldt, Robert; Torstensson, Nic ...; Hult, Erika; Green, L.G.

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NATURAL SCIENCES: NATURAL SCIENCES; and Computer and Inf ...; and Software Enginee ...

By the university: Blekinge Institute of Technology; Chalmers University of Technology

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