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On Software Certification: We Need Product-Focused Approaches

Abstract

In this paper we begin by examining the “certification” of a consumer product, a baby walker, that is product-focused, i.e., the certification process requires the performance of precisely defined tests on the product with measurable outcomes. We then review current practices in software certification and contrast the software regime’s process-oriented approach to certification with the product-oriented approach typically used in other engineering disciplines. We make the case that product-focused certification is required to produce reliable software intensive systems. These techniques will have to be domain and even product specific to succeed.

Authors

Wassyng A; Maibaum T; Lawford M

Series

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volume

6028

Pagination

pp. 250-274

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

December 1, 2010

DOI

10.1007/978-3-642-12566-9_13

Conference proceedings

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

ISSN

0302-9743
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