Principles of Software Safety Standards

This course is on the Principles of Software Safety Standards.

Now, software safety can be a daunting subject. Software development is challenging, and it's a very risky business. Safety is also intangible, and people are nervous about it. You may look at this subject and wonder: how could I possibly get into software safety? How do you develop safe software? I don't even know where to begin … but it need not be so!

So, what are the LEARNING OBJECTIVES of this course?

• Understand and apply generic SW safety standards;

• List the 4+1 Principles & Understand each one of them;

• Apply the 4+1 Principles with examples, in isolation and together;

• Evaluate specific SW standards using the 4+1 Principles; and

• Understand the limitations of standards and compensate for them.

Lessons in this Course:

1. Safe Software Principles;

2. Overview of Safe Software Standards;

3. Safe Software 4+1 Principles (with examples);

4. Standards DO-178C, IEC 61508 & ISO 26262;

5. Review of Standards; and

6. The Slide Pack.

Each lesson comes with a quiz to reinforce and test your learning.

Please note that this is NOT a course about coding!!!

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Learn safety from an industry professional with 25+ years of experience:

• SW Engineering professional since 1994;

• System Safety Engineering professional since 1996;

• Domains: aviation (fast jets, ISREW & helicopters), ships, submarines, ICT, ATM, rail & road vehicles;

• Programs: UK, US, European & Australian;

• Roles: customer, supplier, consultant, DevOps & ILS; and

• Current system safety lead, practitioner, trainer & Mentor.

The Safety Artisan provides professional, pragmatic, and impartial information about safety engineering. Whether you want to know how it's done or actually how to do it, you will find help here.

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