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Research findings from an industrial trial of a traceability assessment and implementation framework

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posted on 2017-01-06, 11:56 authored by Gilbert Regan, Derek Flood, Fergal Mc Caffery
Software systems are becoming increasingly complex. Within safety critical domains such as medical device software, this increasing complexity is placing growing demands on manufacturers who must ensure their software not only meets functional requirements but is also safe and reliable. However, the Food and Drugs Administration who regulate medical device software in the United States report a significant increase in recalls between years 2003 and 2012 and have cited software difficulties as one of the frequent causes of recalls. Furthermore a recent analysis of traceability documentation submitted to the Administration has revealed that the traceability data was incomplete, incorrect, and conflicting in many cases. This is problematic as traceability plays an important role in the development of safe and reliable software. In this paper we present the validation, through industry trial, of a traceability assessment and implementation framework which we have developed to assist medical device organizations implement traceability in an efficient and regulatory compliant manner. Our findings show that implementation of the framework within two organizations improved their traceability process and that both organizations found the framework to be both useful and usable.

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ICSSP '16 Proceedings of the International Conference on Software and Systems Process;pp. 91-95

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Association for Computing Machinery

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© ACM, 2016. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in ICSSP '16 Proceedings of the International Conference on Software and Systems Process, pp. 91-95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2904354.2904365

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