NASA IVV Facility OSMA SARP Briefing Nelson Keeler
NASA IV&V Facility OSMA SARP Briefing Nelson Keeler NASA IV&V Facility (304) 367 -8201 Nelson. H. Keeler@ivv. nasa. gov
NASA IV&V Facility • • Overview What is OSMA SARP? Objective of SARP Research Areas Who Manages OSMA SARP? Lifecycle of a Center Initiative Statistic for FY 2001 Partnership through Center & Academia Where to now? ?
NASA IV&V Facility What is OSMA SARP? • Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) Software Assurance Research Program (SARP) • Delegated Program designed to address fundamental problems in the field of software engineering, primarily as it relates to: – – – Software Safety Quality Testability Reliability IV&V (a lot of focus this year)
NASA IV&V Facility Objective of SARP • Identify promising new information technologies that facilitate NASA missions • Support NASA’s strategic goals of safer, faster, better, cheaper missions • Identify, develop, adopt and integrate software engineering “best practices” into NASA programs that result in reduced software cost, improved delivery time and increase software safety and quality
NASA IV&V Facility Research Areas • Historically, OSMA focuses on, but not limited to the following research areas: – – – – Software Requirements Engineering Software Architecture Verification Operating Systems Software Code Verifications Software Test Engineering System Safety & Risk Management Software Reliability Engineering New and Advanced Engineering
NASA IV&V Facility Who manages OSMA SARP? • Sponsored by the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance • Delegated Program Manager – Appointed each year by the NASA Deputy Associate Administrator to oversee the SARP • NASA Independent Verification and Validation Facility – Day to day management
NASA IV&V Facility Lifecycle of a Research Initiative • Two types of Research Initiatives: – Center Initiatives – West Virginia University Initiatives • Research Initiatives are submitted each fiscal year (October 1 to September 30) in the form of a Center Software Initiative Proposal (CSIP) • Research Initiatives can last up to three years, but must be resubmitted each year • Results of each year’s initiatives are presented at the OSMA Software Assurance Symposium
NASA IV&V Facility Statistic for FY 2001 • FY 2001 funding was 3. 5 million with 900 K over guidance. (With the restoration of the 900 K, FY 2002 funding will be 4. 9 million. ) • 22 Center Initiatives (CIs) – 6 NASA Centers plus the IV&V Facility • Multiple Universities and contractors – 2 Independent Universities – 1 Independent Contractor • 8 University Initiatives through WVU
NASA IV&V Facility Partnerships through Centers & Academia University of Montana GRC Portland State University of Maryland SEI JPL GSFC Ames IV&V WVU FAU JSC MSFC La. RC
NASA IV&V Facility Where to Now? • The Key Word is “Relevance” We have to conduct the research which NASA needs before NASA needs it – Mission requirements drive new demands on software • Long duration • Compressed development – New software development tools and practices won’t allow “business as usual” • Developer will use the tools available • Software assurance must stay a step ahead – Do research which is extremely valid
NASA IV&V Facility Where to Now? ? • To this end, researchers must: – Understand what tools and practices software developers will likely be using 5 years from now • Read, attend conferences, be part of the research community – Be familiar with the requirements of upcoming missions – Tie their research to one or more ongoing NASA projects and grow with the projects • Must contribute to mission success – Follow through with training and documentation that will make research results usable, by future developers
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