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Software processes are executed for a purpose: to satisfy a set of process requirements and to meet process constraints [1]. This paper shows that there is a critical set of process constraints, often considered only implicitly or even ignored, that are derived externally from social expectations. This paper suggests an approach to determining this set of process constraints and a basic method for their consideration during safety-critical testing process design.
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Turner, C.S., Richardson, D.J., King, J.L. (1997). Legal Sufficiency of Testing Processes. In: Schoitsch, E. (eds) Safe Comp 96. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0937-2_35
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