Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: fea61ff0-f344-4101-adfb-590e3d9dfafe
Document Type: srp
Title: Draft Revision 6 – August 2015
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1515/ML15159A946.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 7
Section ID: 7
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ties, and security. Purpose should involve defining the intent of the software project in the SMP. The SMP should list the general functions the software will be expected to provide, and each of these functions should be traceable to the system requirements. In addition, the SMP should provide an overview of the system within which the software will reside. A general overview of the project should be provided. The assumptions upon which the project is based should be stated. The scope of work for the software project, and the product and process goals, should be discussed. Organization involves a description of the software project planning organization. The SMP should describe the software project organizational structure, and describe the interfaces and boundaries between the project organization and other company organizations. Management reporting channels should be described. The methods by which subcontractors and suppliers will be managed should be described. The SMP should ensure that the quality assurance organization, the software safety organization and the software V&V organization maintain independence from the development organization. In particular, the plan should ensure that these assurance organizations not report to the development organization, and not be subject to the financial control of the development organization. Oversight involves specifying the strategy for managing the software project. Project priorities should be listed. A method should be described to monitor progress against the SMP and to document progress at regular intervals in progress reports. A method should exist to identify any deviations from the SMP in time to take corrective action. Responsibilities concern definition of the duties of each member of the project’s management and technical teams. The SMP should include a policy statement that the development personnel who produce each design output required by the SMP have the primary responsibility for the quality of