NASA-STD-8719.13B w/Change 1 Software Are Safety Standard

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This Technical Standard approved by NASA July 8, 2004. 77 p. This Standard specifies the software safety activities, data, and documentation necessary for the acquisition or development of software in a safety-critical system. Safety-critical systems that include software must be evaluated for software’s contribution to the safety of the system during the concept phase, and prior to the start, or in the early phases, of the acquisition or planning for the given software. Unless the evaluation proves that the software is not involved in the system safety, this Standard is to be followed. See section 1.2 for guidance, and section 4.1 for requirements (and definition), on the determination of safety-critical software.