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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management aspects of the software development project. The SMP should exhibit the management, implementation and resource characteristics listed below. B.3.1.1.1 Management Characteristics of the SMP The management characteristics that the SMP should exhibit include purpose, organization, oversight, responsibilities, 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. BTP 7.14-17 Revision 6 - August 2016 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