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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eams, check to ensure that the personnel responsible for various items have the experience or training to perform those duties. When reviewing the SDOE guidance, the reviewer should determine that the methods used are consistent with RG 1.152, and that the methods are used effectively. Many of the other characteristics of the SMP are of minimal concern to the safety of the system, and therefore of minimal concern to the reviewer. The management indicators used and the process by which the project will be managed are primarily of concern to the software development organization, and should be reviewed only to the extent that safety of the final product is maintained. The same is true of the budget and personnel from the resource characteristics. The budget and number of personnel for the project is a trade-off with the length of time required, and therefore is of minimal concern. The adequacy of the budget and personnel for the quality assurance organization, the software safety organization and the software V&V organization is of interest, and should be reviewed to ensure that those groups have adequate resources to support a high quality design effort. This will require some judgment, and it may require a justification by the applicant or licensee or vendor. In addition, 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. A general rule of thumb is that the V&V personnel should be as least a qualified as the design personnel. B.3.1.2 Software Development Plan RG 1.173, endorses IEEE Std 1074, “IEEE Standard for Developing Software Life Cycle Processes,” subject to exceptions listed, as providing an approach acceptable to the staff, for meeting the regulatory requirements and guidance as they apply to development processes for safety system software. RG 1.152, which endorses IEEE Std 7-4.3.2, “IEEE Standard Criteria for Digital Computers in Safety Systems of