Safety is emerging as a concern across an increasing number of industries, but standards and methodologies are not in place to ensure electronic systems attain a defined level of safety over time.

The present publication provides for the first time information and guidance for defining and implementing quality assurance programmes covering the entire life-cycle of software important to safety.

Software engineering or software development is a discipline that involves the development lifecycle and maintenance of software products and related IT services. It involves a systematic approach ...

This publication provides specific recommendations on research reactor instrumentation and control systems and software important to safety, including instrumentation and control system architecture ...