Principles of Safe Software Design

What you'll learn
Appreciate why normal SW development ≠ safe software;
Understand how SW really causes harm;
Understand and apply generic SW safety standards;
List the 4+1 Principles & Understand each one of them;
Apply the 4+1 Principles with examples, in isolation and together;
Evaluate specific SW standards using the 4+1 Principles;
Understand the limitations of standards and compensate for them; and
Combine SW standards and other techniques to guard against real-world SW failures.
Requirements
Some familiarity with software or safety engineering is useful but not essential
Description
This course is on the Principles of Safe Software Design.Now, software safety can be a daunting subject. Software development is challenging, we will see, it is a very risky business. Safety is also intangible, and people are nervous about it.You may look at this subject and wonder: how could I possibly get into software safety? How do you develop safe software? I don't even know where to begin . but it need not be so!So, what are the LEARNING OBJECTIVES of this course?Appreciate why normal SW development ≠ safe software;Understand how SW really causes harm;Understand and apply generic SW safety standards;List the 4+1 Principles & Understand each one of them;Apply the 4+1 Principles with examples, in isolation and together;Evaluate specific SW standards using the 4+1 Principles;Understand the limitations of standards and compensate for them; andCombine SW standards and other techniques to guard against real-world SW failures.Lessons in this Course:Software Development Facts;Software Safety Facts;Safe Software...

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