Topic: DO-178B Tool Qualification

Audience: Management and Software Engineers

Length: 2-Days

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Part 1 – Overview of the Tool Qualification Process

• When Tool Qualification is Required
• Processes Eliminated, Reduced or Automated Without Verify Per Section 6 of DO-178B
• Why Tool Qualification is Required
• Provides Confidence At Least Equivalent to the Processes Eliminated, Reduced or Automated
• Tool Partitioning (Qualification and Non- Qualification Parts)
• Tool Must be Deterministic
• Single Tools verses Tool Sets
• Tool Types: Development and Verification
• Configuration Management & SQA Objectives
• Single Project as Specified in PSAC
• Development Tool Criteria
• Tool SW Development Processes verse Airborne Software
• Tool SW Levels
• Tool Compliance with Tool Operation Requirements
• Verified Correctness, Consistency, Completeness
• Methods of Tool Verification
• Review, Demo, Coverage, Robustness, etc.
• Verification Tool Criteria
• Tool Compliance with Tool Operation Requirements
• Tool Qualification Data
• PSAC Information
• Methods of Configuration Management
• Development Tool – CC1
• Verification Tool – CC2
• Development Tool Data
• Tool Qualification Plan (like PSAC)
• Tool Operational Requirements (like SRD)
• Tool Accomplishment Summary (like SAS)

Part 2 – Certification Data

  ·        Tool Qualification Plan Contents

• Title Page
• Signature Page – Stake Holders
• Revision History
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Purpose, Scope, References, Acronyms
• Configuration Identification
• Certification Considerations
• Software Level
• Description and Tool’s Architecture
• Tool Qualification Activities

·        Tool Accomplishment Summary Contents

• Title Page
• Signature Page – Stake Holders
• Revision History
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Purpose, Scope, References, Acronyms
• Configuration Identification
• Certification Considerations
• Software Level
• Description andTool’s Architecture
• Tool Qualification Activities
• Limitations
• Additional Considerations
• Compliance Statement
• Tool Software Configuration Index
• Information on Tool Version and Files

Part 3 – Qualification Data

·        Tool Operational Requirements Document Contents

• Title Page
• Signature Page – Stake Holders
• Revision History
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Purpose, Scope, References, Acronyms
• High-Level Requirements
• Functions
• Technical Features
• Process Activities Performed by the Tool (Dev)
• User Information
• Installation
• Inputs
• Processing
• Outputs
• Errors
• Operational Environment
• Tool Responses Under Abnormal Conditions (Dev)

·        Tool Code and Design Data

·        Tool Trace Matrix

·        Tool Verification Procedures Document Contents

• Title Page
• Signature Page – Stake Holders
• Revision History
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Purpose, Scope, References, Acronyms
• Description
• Test Environment
• Test Approach
• Test Cases
• Normal
• Abnormal

·        Tool Verification Results Document Contents

• Title Page
• Signature Page – Stake Holders
• Revision History
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Purpose, Scope, References, Acronyms
• Summary of Results
• Detailed Test Case Results
• Normal
• Abnormal

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