Artifact: Plan for Software Aspects of Certification
This work product provides an outline of the system, and its characteristics relevant to certification under relevant standards.
Domains: Project Management
Purpose
The purpose of this work product is to provide a clear description of the relevant aspects of the product and project for certification purposes to both the regulatory agency and development organization.
Relationships
RolesResponsible: Modified By:
TasksInput To: Output From:
Description
Main DescriptionThis work product outlines the characteristics of the product being developed and of the development project relevant to certification. This plan will provide an overview of system and software architecture and the proposed safety criticality level(s) for the product (with justification). This plan may refer to other plans, such as the SQAP, SDP, or SVP, as and when appropriate.
Illustrations
Key Considerations

Take care to not be overly prescriptive in this plan, since the development organization will be held to whatever this plan specifies or it will raise too many questions early in the product development lifecycle. In general, the PSAC should be 40 pages or fewer in length. Nevertheless, the scope of the system responsibilities, expected technologies, methods, and architectures should be clearly identified.

The PSAC is normally reviewed early in the project by the regulatory agency or a Designated Engineering Representative (DER).