Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 4f141c71-35ca-4353-9047-a13efe6d56b7
Document Type: srp
Title: Revision 6 - August 2016
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1601/ML16019A308.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 7
Section ID: 7
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porting channels should be described. Periodic progress reports should be required. The SMP should define the means by which the remaining plans will be produced. It should provide a means of managing externally and internally generated changes in any of the plans. The people responsible for reviewing the various project plans and any changes to those plans should be listed, by name or by title. A means should exist for generating changes to the plans and for evaluating suggested changes. The plans should be under configuration management control. BTP 7.14-18 Revision 6 - August 2016 B.3.1.1.3 Resource Characteristics of the SMP The resource characteristics that the SMP should exhibit include budget, methods/tools and personnel. Budget consists of a project budget for all project activities. A means should exist to track and report resource expenditures. Sufficient resources should exist to carry out the defined tasks. The SMP should ensure that quality assurance budgets, safety budgets, and V&V budgets not be subject to expropriation by the software development organization, in order to maintain financial independence of these assurance activities. Methods/tools involve a description of the means used to manage the project. The SMP should identify the methods, techniques and tools required to carry out the project management, including office equipment, computer hardware, and computer software. Personnel concerns specification of the numbers, qualifications, training and types of personnel required to conduct the project. Personnel resources for each project phase should be listed. Safety and V&V personnel should be competent in software engineering in order to ensure that software safety and software V&V are effectively implemented. B.3.1.1.4 Review Guidance for the SMP The purpose of the staff review of the SMP is to ensure that the management aspects of the software development project are such that high quality software will result. This necessitates a