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Framework and tooling proposals for Agile certification of safety-critical embedded software in avionic systems
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—The abstract must be between 150–250 words. This article focuses on quality improvement in the development of DO-178C/ED-12C safety-critical software, optimizing development costs through the implementation of a “continuous certification” integral process. We discuss the major problems associated with traditional, V-cycle software development practices, and highlight the many advantages of adopting a “continuous certification” process based on a more Agile approach. The article proposes a framework for deploying this process, explaining the development of the framework and demonstrating its compliance with the requirements of certification standards. We also propose a tooling based on open-source, off-the-shelf solutions to implement the framework and illustrate its efficiency and effectiveness on an industrial case study.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Baron, C., & Louis, V.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- DGA Techniques aérospatiales (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Baron, Claude
- ORCID
- Baron, Claude
- Venue
- Computers in Industry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-06
- Volume
- 148
- Pages
- 103887
- ISSN
- 0166-3615 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4360612185
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 7
- FWCI
- 2.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (am, 293 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-037 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-012 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-029 (stm-asf)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-004 (stm-asf)
- Locations
- Computers in Industry (acceptedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Hardware and Architecture › Real-Time Systems Scheduling
- Keywords
- agile software development, software certification, safety-critical software, avionics software, DO-178C, continuous certification, embedded software, software quality assurance
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