Software Engineering for Embedded Systems: Chapter 18. Safety-Critical Software Development

In this chapter, we cover the aspects of developing safety-critical software. The first part of the chapter covers project planning, and the crucial steps that are needed to scope the effort and getting started. It offers insights into managing safety-critical requirements and how to meet them during the development. Key strategies for project management are also provided. The second part of the chapter goes through an analysis of faults, failures, and hazards. It includes a description of risk analysis. The next part of the chapter covers a few safety-critical architectures that could be used for an embedded system. The final part of the chapter covers software implementation guidelines for safety-critical software development.