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AIAA S-117A-2016
Space Systems Verification Program and Management Process
This standard is an AIAA mandatory 5 year review version of the original AIAA S-117-2010. This updated version continues to be intended for commercial/noncommercial manned or unmanned space programs to achieve a key Mission Assurance goal of “Robust yet Cost Effective” systems by enforcing a “distributed” verification program for planning and executing “system is built right” verification activities It provides a set of requirements that utilizes a standardized set of “six” verification management processes starting from the earliest phase and the lowest level of a program to develop a robust system since even a single overlooked deficiency could cause very costly late changes or catastrophic post-launch failures of any heritage/new space systems. As such, it corrects fundamental problems associated with the traditional “centralized” approach, those dictated by “Total System Program Responsibility (TSPR)”, or “Faster, Better, Cheaper” policy that often caused program failures due to overlooking deficiencies in their systems. Finally, this verification standard facilitates the closely coordinated verification and validation (V&V) activities based on the similar “distributed” systems engineering processes from the earliest and the lowest system development.
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