AMC1 Article 15(1)(b) Conditions for obtaining a certificate

• ED Decision 2022/022/R found in: U-space (2021/664) (May 2024)

AMC1 Article 15(1)(b) Conditions for obtaining a certificate ED Decision 2022/022/R SOFTWARE ASSURANCE The applicant should ensure that a documented software assurance process is established to produce evidence and arguments that demonstrate that the provision of services satisfies the required U-space performance requirements. Accordingly, the applicant should control the development of its software and follow a structured process, including planned and systematic activities (procedures), to substantiate with sufficient confidence that: (a) development errors (e.g. mistakes made in the determination, design or implementation of the requirements) have been identified, corrected or mitigated, and that the potential residual defects in the implementation are minimised; and (b) the software behaves as intended in the specified context. When relevant, the applicant should also demonstrate that the implementation of potential additional features, except those required for ensuring the safe provision of services, do not interfere with the safe provision of the required services. When software assurance relies on credit taken from simulated environments and/or automated activities (e.g. automated verification) the applicant should: (a) identify the scope and the credit taken from those activities and substantiate their relevance for the arguments that demonstrate that the provision of services satisfies the U-space performance requirements; and (b) demonstrate that the simulated or automated environments: (1) are representative of, or sufficiency close to, the real operational conditions; and (2) can be trusted, in producing evidence of their proper behaviour and products.