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    Week 9 Introduction To Software Safety and Liability and Practice

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    This document discusses professional practices regarding software safety, liability, and regulation. It covers three main topics: 1. Regulatory issues in software safety, including the use of standards, certification and licensing, professional codes of practice, and regulation by law. 2. Legal liability for system designers and software engineers under product liability laws and negligence. Designers may be responsible for injuries caused by defective products. 3. Factors that affect system safety, such as hazard analysis, requirements and specifications, reliability, design, testing, safety analysis, and documentation. Competence, training, and experience are also important for software engineers working on safety systems.

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    This document discusses professional practices regarding software safety, liability, and regulation. It covers three main topics: 1. Regulatory issues in software safety, including the use of standards, certification and licensing, professional codes of practice, and regulation by law. 2. Legal liability for system designers and software engineers under product liability laws and negligence. Designers may be responsible for injuries caused by defective products. 3. Factors that affect system safety, such as hazard analysis, requirements and specifications, reliability, design, testing, safety analysis, and documentation. Competence, training, and experience are also important for software engineers working on safety systems.

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    This document discusses professional practices regarding software safety, liability, and regulation. It covers three main topics: 1. Regulatory issues in software safety, including the use of standards, certification and licensing, professional codes of practice, and regulation by law. 2. Legal liability for system designers and software engineers under product liability laws and negligence. Designers may be responsible for injuries caused by defective products. 3. Factors that affect system safety, such as hazard analysis, requirements and specifications, reliability, design, testing, safety analysis, and documentation. Competence, training, and experience are also important for software engineers working on safety systems.

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    Week 9 Introduction To Software Safety and Liability and Practice

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    Professional Practices

    CS 625

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    Page 1
    Introduction to Software Safety
    Liability & Practice
     We will explore areas of legal liability and mechanisms for regulating
    potentially hazardous activities as well as the factors which should be taken
    into account for safety related applications
     Nowadays, computer-controlled systems are to be found in a wide range of
    diverse applications such as:-
     Industry: Manufacturing systems, robots etc

     Medicine: Intensive care monitoring, radiotherapy etc

     Transport: Railway signaling systems, aircraft, space shuttle etc

     Military and defense applications

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    Regulatory Issues
    Standards:
    Use of appropriate standards is both a familiar and traditional technique
    for regulating hazardous activities and attempting to ensure the safety of
    a product

    Certification and licensing:


    Certification requires that either the product or the practitioner conforms
    to some specified standard whereas licensing means that the product
    cannot go on the market at all, or the practitioner operate, unless the
    product is licensed or the practitioner in possession of the requisite
    license

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    Regulatory Issues
    Professional codes of practice:
    Professional and trade associations should devise codes of
    practice to govern their members

    Regulation by law:
    The law may exert a regulatory effect either directly or by
    requiring compliance with other forms of regulation such as
    standards and licensing because of fears of litigation if safety
    standards are breached

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    Legal Liability
    Introduction
    System designers and software engineers may have legal responsibilities
    under statutes such as the Health and Safety

    Product liability and the Consumer Protection Act 1987


    Product liability is the area of law in which manufacturers, distributors,
    suppliers and retailers are held responsible for any injuries products cause.

    Regardless of any contractual limitations of liability, if a product or any of


    its component parts are defective its manufacturer may be liable for
    damage under the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) or the common law of
    negligence

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    Legal Liability

    Negligence
    The manufacturer or system designer has failed to take due care
    in the construction or design of the system, and this lack of care
    has resulted in failure leading to the injury

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    Competence, training and experience
     Competence means “knowledge and the ability to apply that
    knowledge”
     There is an understood assumption that all those engaged in the
    design and development of safety system software are
    competent to perform the necessary tasks
     Factors such as training and relevant experience are also
    considered important traits for a competent software engineer

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    Factors affecting system safety
     Hazard analysis

     Requirements and specification

     System Reliability and safety

     Design

     Testing and debugging

     Safety integrity analysis and risk assessment

     Documentation

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    Thank you!

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