Starliner software process escapes - now how do we fix it?

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3881/1 (see the entire article for context)


Starliner software setback

by Jeff Foust
Monday, February 10, 2020

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Process escapes

At its Thursday meeting, ASAP said it was concerned the two software errors were symptoms of a more fundamental problem. “The panel has a larger concern with the rigor of Boeing’s verification processes,” Hill said. ASAP called for reviews of Boeing’s software development and testing processes.
“Further,” he added, “with confidence at risk for a spacecraft that is intended to carry humans in space, the panel recommends an even broader Boeing assessment of, and corrective actions in, Boeing’s SE&I [systems engineering and integration] processes and verification testing.”
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