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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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. 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 deliberate and careful development process. The staff will generally review the SMP at the initial stage of the software and hardware design implementation life cycle, however for reviewers of digital upgrades to existing reactors; the staff will generally review this plan after the software development is complete. BTP 7.14-17 Draft Revision 6 -