SOFTWARE SAFETY AND QUALITY

BOOK REVIEWS

"Software: System Safety and Computers" by Nancy Leveson
Neither of my local bookstores could get this, but the synopsis sounds interesting


If you would like to share a review of an interesting book e-mail it to lyttlec@flash.net

SOME OF MY SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STUFF


Below is an outline documentation for software development process.
QUALITY

• QUALITY POLICY
• QUALITY MANUAL
  STANDARDS
  
• ES Engineering Standards
• ES Engineering Documentation
• ES Control of Product Design Documentation
• SES SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT STYLE.
  PROCEDURES
  PLANS
  
• SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
• SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
• SOFTWARE TEST PLAN

SOME USEFUL SAFETY LINKS:

The X-33 Home Page for Space Activists
Single Stage Rocket Technology
Therac-25 - II
The Dark Side of Software - Therac 25 in the twURLed World
Final report on the Arianne V disaster.
Safeware: System Safety and Computers
sci.engr FAQ on Failures -- part one
Iverson Software Co. * People
JBF Associates. Lots of safety and risk management links. Some free software
SOFTWARE-ENGINEERING Home Page

SOME USEFUL TESTING LINKS:

Bret Pettichord's Software Testing Hotlist
Handbook on Testing
Software Beta Testing
Software Productivity Centre - Resources - Links - Cool Links
comp.software.testing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Testing Software Applications
http://www.softwareautomation.com/www1/main.htm
Software Development Plan 0.0 -- (11/27/96)
IPL Software Testing White Papers Commercial company, but the papers are general in nature.

Links to computer languages:

Index of /languages/
Home of the Brave Ada Programmers
Lovelace Ada Tutor Home Page
Public Ada Library (PAL)
Where to obtain GNU Pascal
Java Home Page
Getting Started
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SEARCH ENGINES
Deja News
INFOSEEK
EXCITE
YAHOO
BIG SHAREWARE LIB
ALTAVISTA
LYCOS
AT&T 800 NUMBER SEARCH
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