Agile Embedded System Development versus European Space Standards

Abstract

Agile development methods are widely utilized in software development. There is a growing interest and effort to introduce them to other areas of technology, such as development of space systems. Space systems are typically safety- and mission-critical and therefore their development is strongly regulated and standardized. European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) has created a collection of standards which are extensively followed mainly in European space projects. In this paper, a review and discussion are presented to find out the conflicts between the agile development and the ECSS standards. The presented analysis and discussion show that the ECSS standards do not fully prevent the utilization of agile methods. However, there are aspects to be taken into account in the development methods, contracts and tailoring of standards.

Teaching Reform and Innovation of Embedded System Development in the Context of Artificial Intelligence

“…Therefore, we should consider 2 major aspects. (1) At the beginning of the course, 1~2 confirmatory experiments are arranged to enable students to understand and familiarity with the process of embedded development first. In the process of verification, it is not entirely copy of the existing things, let the students modify some of the small functions, from the color, size and other simple modification of the page, to the code function modification.…”