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Adapting the Orthogonal Defect Classification Taxonomy to the Space Domain

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Space systems are developed using conservative technologies and processes and respecting requirements and restrictions imposed by specific standards, domain policies, and design and optimization constraints. However, the artefacts produced at each lifecycle phase are not perfect. To overcome this, Independent Software Verification and Validation (ISVV) represents a valuable asset to detect issues, but, a proper and efficient issue classification system is necessary to analyze the root causes, identify the development processes to improve, and assess the efficiency of verification activities. The Orthogonal Defect Classification (ODC) is the most commonly used and adopted classification scheme, but was not originally targeted to engineering issues in critical systems. In this paper we present an empirical study where ODC has been used to classify space domain issues and propose an adaptation of the taxonomy for space systems.

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    ODC was selected since it was the only taxonomy claiming to be orthogonal, quite mature and widely used (several academic and industrial publications refer to and use ODC).

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This work has been partially supported by the European Project FP7-2012-324334-CECRIS (CErtification of CRItical Systems).

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  1. CRITICAL Software S.A., Coimbra, Portugal

    Nuno Silva

  2. DEI/CISUC, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Nuno Silva & Marco Vieira

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  3. Thales Transportation Systems GmbH , Ditzingen, Germany

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Silva, N., Vieira, M. (2016). Adapting the Orthogonal Defect Classification Taxonomy to the Space Domain. In: Skavhaug, A., Guiochet, J., Bitsch, F. (eds) Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security. SAFECOMP 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9922. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45477-1_23

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