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Software Dedication Using the Software Dedication Using the ASME NQA-1 Approach 3rd NRC Workshop on Vendor Oversight for New Reactor 3rd NRC Workshop on Vendor Oversight for New Reactor Construction - June 28, 2012 Baltimore, Maryland Presented by Presented by Norman (Norm) P. Moreau Principal Consultant Theseus Professional Services, LLC nmoreau@theseuspro com nmoreau@theseuspro.com http://www.theseuspro.com 410-857-0023

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Gui

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licat

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Gui

danc

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Com

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de D

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an fo

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ality

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item

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lan

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1.10

FA

ILU

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MO

DES

(See

5. F

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lect

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occu

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com

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safe

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sta

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form

its

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embl

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requ

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plet

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sults

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cted

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corre

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lts fr

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Safe

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Phe

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Cat

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iPRS

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for t

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udit

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docu

men

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nof

bot

h ne

w a

nd e

xist

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pres

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re

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ms.

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valid

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st

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AP

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SM

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SO

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CGI I

nfor

mat

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pute

rPro

gram

Nam

eiP

RS

MR

evis

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tifie

rv1

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ratin

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stem

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dwar

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ny x

86/x

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chite

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sed

com

pute

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tem

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ting

Syst

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oftw

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and

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x 8

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arch

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syst

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s in

frast

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Safe

ty F

unct

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Perf

orm

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5 Sa

fety

Fun

ctio

n Pe

rfor

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[ASM

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QA

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2009

, Par

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luat

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of p

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f sys

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fe

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4.5.

1 Ef

fect

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tion

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2.

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2 Sa

fety

Fun

ctio

n R

efer

ence

s •

J.K

olen

c,H

.J.H

oove

r,A

.G.O

leks

hy,a

ndP

.M.S

ande

rs,S

yste

mA

ndM

etho

dFo

rPro

tect

ion

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tem

Des

ign

J. K

olen

c, H

. J. H

oove

r, A

. G. O

leks

hy, a

nd P

. M. S

ande

rs, S

yste

m A

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r Pro

tect

ion

Sys

tem

Des

ign

Sup

port,

U.S

. Pat

ent 7

5652

15, I

ssue

d Ju

ly 1

7, 2

009.

J. K

olen

c, H

. J. H

oove

r, A

. G. O

leks

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nd P

. M. S

ande

rs, S

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ign

Sup

port,

U.S

. Pat

ent 7

6170

13, I

ssue

d N

ovem

ber 1

0, 2

009.

H. J

. Hoo

ver,

A. G

. Ole

kshy

, G. F

roeh

lich,

and

P. S

oren

son,

Dev

elop

ing

Eng

inee

red

Pro

duct

Sup

port

App

licat

ions

, In

Pro

ceed

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ents

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tion

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and

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ms.

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ne -

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er 4

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E -

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delin

es fo

r Pre

ssur

e R

elie

f and

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uent

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dlin

g S

yste

ms.

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eus P

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Perf

orm

ance

Req

uire

men

ts

E

valu

ate

(aud

it)pr

essu

rere

liefs

cena

rios

soas

E

valu

ate

(aud

it) p

ress

ure

relie

f sce

nario

s so

as

to v

erify

thei

r com

plia

nce

with

sta

ndar

ds.

Th

e fo

llow

ing

poin

ts o

utlin

e ho

w th

is is

g

ppe

rform

ed b

y iP

RS

M:

O

rific

e ar

ea c

alcu

latio

ns a

s pe

r AS

ME

and

AP

I.

Pip

ing

loss

cal

cula

tions

as

per C

rane

, DIE

RS

, and

m

ultip

le v

alve

s.M

anuf

actu

rers

valv

eda

taca

talo

gues

and

M

anuf

actu

rers

val

ve d

ata,

cat

alog

ues,

and

ha

ndbo

oks.

The

val

ues

for t

he c

onsi

sten

cy c

heck

s re

quire

d fo

r val

ve tr

im is

take

n fro

m th

ese

sour

ces.

Thes

eus P

rofe

ssio

nal S

ervi

ces,

LLC

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lts T

hrou

gh S

ervi

ce E

xcell

ence

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Cred

itabl

e FM

EA

4.8.

1 Pa

rt/C

ompo

nent

Fun

ctio

nal M

ode

iPR

SM

is n

eith

er a

n ac

tive

(i.e.

, mec

hani

cal o

r ele

ctric

al c

hang

e of

sta

te is

requ

ired

to o

ccur

for t

he

com

pone

nt to

per

form

its

safe

ty fu

nctio

n) o

r pas

sive

(i.e

., st

ate

is n

ot re

quire

d fo

r the

com

pone

nt to

pe

rform

its

safe

ty fu

nctio

n) c

ompu

ter p

rogr

am. N

eith

er is

iPR

SM

plan

t equ

ipm

ent.

iPR

SM

is p

ress

ure

relie

f sys

tem

s m

anag

emen

t sof

twar

e th

at e

nsur

es th

at p

lant

s op

erat

e un

der t

he p

rote

ctio

n of

saf

e pr

essu

re re

lief s

yste

ms

at a

ll tim

es, b

ut it

doe

s no

t ope

rate

or c

ause

any

ope

ratio

n of

the

plan

t or f

acilit

y.

For t

hese

reas

ons

this

ele

men

t is

not a

pplic

able

to iP

RS

M, s

ince

it is

not

par

t of a

com

pone

nt.

4.8.

2 C

redi

ble

Failu

re M

ode(

s) a

nd E

ffect

on

Safe

ty F

unct

ion

The

item

is u

sed

for t

he d

esig

n an

d an

alys

is o

f pre

ssur

e re

lief s

yste

ms,

and

requ

ires

the

user

to fo

llow

R

AG

AG

EP

and

the

abilit

y to

mak

e so

und

engi

neer

ing

deci

sion

s. T

he fo

llow

ing

failu

res

wou

ld re

sult

in a

pr

essu

re re

lief s

yste

m th

at m

ay b

e in

adeq

uate

:

1.M

isse

dw

orkf

low

step

s;1.

Mis

sed

wor

kflo

w s

teps

; 2.

Erro

neou

s da

ta;

3.In

com

plet

e da

ta;

4.W

rong

mat

h.

How

ever

, the

fina

l im

plic

atio

n on

saf

ety

is b

ased

on

a fin

al e

ngin

eerin

g re

view

and

acc

epta

nce.

Th

e in

frast

ruct

ure

com

pone

nts

coul

d af

fect

the

func

tiona

lity

of th

is it

em. T

he c

ontro

l of t

hese

com

pone

nts

is o

utsi

de th

e sc

ope

of th

is d

edic

atio

n pr

oces

s. R

egar

dles

s, th

e ac

cept

ance

of t

he w

ork

com

plet

ed b

y th

is

item

is b

ased

on

final

eng

inee

ring

revi

ew a

nd a

ccep

tanc

e.

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eus P

rofe

ssio

nal S

ervi

ces,

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lts T

hrou

gh S

ervi

ce E

xcell

ence

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Criti

cal

Tabl

e 3:

Iden

tific

atio

n of

Crit

ical

Cha

ract

eris

tics

#C

ritic

al

Cha

ract

eris

ticA

ccep

tanc

e C

riter

iaA

ccep

tanc

e M

etho

d

Char

acte

ristic

s&

Acc

epta

nce

CC

1H

ost c

ompu

ter o

pera

ting

envi

ronm

ent

Iden

tifie

rs

The

host

com

pute

r en

viro

nmen

t ide

ntifi

ers

mus

t m

atch

the

purc

hase

sp

ecifi

catio

n.

Insp

ectio

n of

the

oper

atin

g sy

stem

id

entif

iers

. (M

etho

d 1)

CC

2C

ompu

ter p

rogr

am

nam

e an

d ve

rsio

n Id

entif

ier

Com

pute

r pro

gram

nam

e an

d ve

rsio

n id

entif

ier m

ust m

atch

th

eid

entif

ieri

nth

eve

ndor

Insp

ectio

n of

iPR

SM

’sve

rsio

n id

entif

iers

. (M

etho

d1)

& A

ccep

tanc

eM

etho

dId

entif

ier

the

iden

tifie

r in

the

vend

or

prod

uct l

ist.

(Met

hod

1)

CC

3S

uppo

rt to

ols

nam

e(s)

an

d id

entif

ier(s

) Th

e su

ppor

t too

l nam

e an

d id

entif

ier m

ust m

atch

the

prod

uct i

dent

ifier

from

the

spec

ifica

tion.

Insp

ectio

n of

the

supp

ort t

ool(s

) and

id

entif

ier(s

). (M

etho

d 1)

Tabl

e 4:

Phy

sica

lCrit

ical

Cha

ract

eris

tics

#C

ritic

al C

hara

cter

istic

Acc

epta

nce

Crit

eria

Acc

epta

nce

Met

hod

CC

4Li

fecy

cle

Doc

umen

tatio

n Th

e iP

RSM

lifec

ycle

doc

umen

tatio

n is

con

tain

ed w

ithin

: iP

RS

M-D

esig

n m

ailin

g lis

t, iP

RS

MTa

sks

Que

ue, i

PR

SM

Insp

ectio

n of

life

cycl

e do

cum

ents

. (M

etho

d 1

& M

etho

d 2)

H

andb

ook,

iPR

SM

sour

ce c

ode,

iPR

SM

-rela

ted

pate

nts,

and

pu

blis

hed

acad

emic

rese

arch

pap

ers.

Tabl

e 5:

Per

form

ance

/Fun

ctio

nalC

ritic

al C

hara

cter

istic

s

#C

ritic

al C

hara

cter

istic

Acc

epta

nce

Crit

eria

Acc

epta

nce

Met

hod

CC

5A

ccur

acy/

Pre

cisi

on/ T

oler

ance

O

utpu

ts

Acc

urac

y: n

ot c

ritic

al a

s iP

RSM

can

disp

lay

any

valu

e (u

p to

IE

EE

sta

ndar

d fo

r Dou

ble

prec

isio

n[IE

EE

-754

]).

Prec

isio

n: IE

EE

sta

ndar

d fo

r Dou

ble

prec

isio

n. A

tabl

e of

the

basi

s co

nver

sion

s us

ed in

iPR

SM

is c

onta

ined

in th

e su

ppor

t m

ater

ial f

or th

is c

ritic

al c

hara

cter

istic

. To

lera

nce:

Not

appl

icab

leto

this

item

Insp

ectio

n an

d te

stin

g. (M

etho

d 1)

Thes

eus P

rofe

ssio

nal S

ervi

ces,

LLC

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lts T

hrou

gh S

ervi

ce E

xcell

ence

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ide

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Tole

ranc

e: N

ot a

pplic

able

to th

is it

em.

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Criti

cal C

hara

cter

istics

& A

ccep

tanc

e M

etho

d

Tabl

e 5:

Per

form

ance

/Fun

ctio

nalC

ritic

al C

hara

cter

istic

s –

Con

tinue

d fro

m p

revi

ous

page

#C

ritic

al C

hara

cter

istic

Acc

epta

nce

Crit

eria

Acc

epta

nce

Met

hod

CC

6E

nviro

nmen

tal

Com

patib

ility

: P

orta

bilit

y

The

effo

rt to

mig

rate

the

com

pute

r pro

gram

to a

di

ffere

nt p

rogr

am is

insi

gnifi

cant

pro

vide

d th

at a

ne

w p

latfo

rm s

atis

fies

the

requ

irem

ents

of c

ritic

al

char

acte

ristic

1.

This

is n

ot a

pplic

able

to th

is it

em

as d

iscu

ssed

in th

e ac

cept

ance

cr

iteria

CC

7Fu

nctio

nalit

y:

Com

plet

enes

s&

The

com

plet

enes

s of

iPR

SM

is e

valu

ated

aga

inst

IS

O23

251

Sec

tion

4C

ause

sfo

rove

rpre

ssur

eIn

spec

tion

and

test

ing.

(Met

hod

1)

7C

ompl

eten

ess

&

Cor

rect

ness

IS

O 2

3251

Sec

tion

4 C

ause

s fo

r ove

rpre

ssur

e.

Ref

er to

Sec

tion

4.6.

The

func

tiona

lity

corr

ectn

ess

criti

cal c

hara

cter

istic

s fo

r iP

RS

Mar

e its

mat

h an

d its

wor

kflo

w. T

he m

ath

corr

ectn

ess

is b

ased

on

the

met

hods

out

lined

in S

ectio

n 4.

6. T

he w

orkf

low

, as

outli

ned

in F

igur

e 2,

will

fail

safe

suc

h th

at it

can

not

dith

tdi

tib

it

proc

eed

with

out p

reco

nditi

ons

bein

g m

et.

CC

8Fu

nctio

nalit

y: C

onsi

sten

cy

with

ap

prop

riate

eng

inee

ring,

sc

ient

ific

rese

arch

, &

prof

essi

onal

tech

nica

l

This

item

is b

ased

on

RA

GA

GE

P. R

efer

to S

ectio

n 4.

6.

Insp

ectio

n an

d te

stin

g. (M

etho

d 1)

prof

essi

onal

tech

nica

l ap

proa

ches

Thes

eus P

rofe

ssio

nal S

ervi

ces,

LLC

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lts T

hrou

gh S

ervi

ce E

xcell

ence

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ide

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Criti

cal C

hara

cter

istics

& A

ccep

tanc

e M

etho

dTa

ble

6: D

epen

dabi

lity

Crit

ical

Cha

ract

eris

tics

#C

ritic

al C

hara

cter

istic

Acc

epta

nce

Crit

eria

Acc

epta

nce

Met

hod

CC

13B

uilt-

in Q

ualit

y:

Alth

ough

no

form

al Q

A P

rogr

am w

as u

sed

durin

g Th

e de

velo

pmen

t tea

m fo

r iP

RS

MA

dher

ence

to c

odin

g pr

actic

esth

e de

velo

pmen

t of i

PR

SM

, the

info

rmal

Pro

cess

Q

A (a

t tim

e of

this

CG

D d

ocum

ent)

are

liste

d in

A

ppen

dix

A.

has

no d

ocum

ente

d co

ding

st

anda

rd, b

ut th

e pr

oces

s of

ac

cept

ing

new

cod

e is

out

lined

in

App

endi

x A

. A d

escr

iptio

n of

an

acce

pted

cod

ing

stan

dard

for

iPR

SM

is b

eing

dev

elop

ed a

s pa

rt g

pp

of th

e Q

A M

anua

l. (M

etho

d 2)

CC

14B

uilt-

in Q

ualit

y: C

ode

Stru

ctur

e (c

ompl

exity

, co

ncis

enes

s)

PR

SM

is b

uilt

usin

g th

e P

roth

osfra

mew

ork.

Thi

s fra

mew

ork

enfo

rces

a s

peci

fic m

odul

ariz

atio

n an

d co

mpl

exity

dec

ompo

sitio

n on

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

iP

RS

M. T

he d

esig

n is

bas

ed u

pon

the

expe

rienc

e

Rev

iew

of t

he a

rchi

tect

ure

diag

ram

an

d th

e as

soci

ated

aca

dem

ic

publ

icat

ions

that

des

crib

e th

e P

roth

osfra

mew

ork.

(Met

hod

1)

the

deve

lopm

ent t

eam

gai

ned

from

dev

elop

ing

a si

mila

r pro

duct

. The

Pro

thos

fram

ewor

k an

d its

de

velo

pmen

t has

bee

n pu

blis

hed

in a

num

ber o

f ac

adem

ic p

ublic

atio

ns.

CC

15B

uilt-

in Q

ualit

y:

Con

form

ance

toiP

RS

Mis

not

impl

emen

ted

to s

atis

fy a

ny in

dust

ry-

acce

pted

certi

ficat

ions

natio

nalc

odes

orN

ot a

pplic

able

to th

is it

em a

s de

scrib

edin

the

acce

ptan

ceC

onfo

rman

ce to

na

tiona

l cod

es,

stan

dard

s, a

nd in

dust

ry-

acce

pted

cer

tific

atio

ns

acce

pted

cer

tific

atio

ns, n

atio

nal c

odes

, or

stan

dard

s.

desc

ribed

in th

e ac

cept

ance

cr

iteria

.

Thes

eus P

rofe

ssio

nal S

ervi

ces,

LLC

Resu

lts T

hrou

gh S

ervi

ce E

xcell

ence

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ide

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Criti

cal C

hara

cter

istics

& A

ccep

tanc

e M

etho

dTa

ble

6: D

epen

dabi

lity

Crit

ical

Cha

ract

eris

tics

–C

ontin

ued

from

prev

ious

pag

e

#C

ritic

al C

hara

cter

istic

Acc

epta

nce

Crit

eria

Acc

epta

nce

Met

hod

CC

17B

uilt-

in Q

ualit

y: In

tern

al

revi

ews

&

ifiti

In th

e ab

senc

e of

a fo

rmal

QA

Pro

gram

, the

dev

elop

men

t te

am d

oes

not h

ave

a do

cum

ente

d in

tern

al re

view

and

ifi

tiI

fll

thi

dib

d

Rev

iew

the

proc

edur

es o

utlin

ed in

A

ppen

dix

A. A

mor

e fo

rmal

ized

pro

cess

i

bi

dl

dt

fth

QA

verif

icat

ions

ve

rific

atio

n pr

oces

s. In

form

ally

, the

pro

cess

is d

escr

ibed

in

App

endi

x A.

is

bei

ng d

evel

oped

as

part

of th

e Q

A M

anua

l as

part

of th

is a

ccep

tanc

e pr

oces

s. (M

etho

d 2)

CC

18B

uilt-

in Q

ualit

y: T

esta

bilit

y & th

orou

ghne

ss o

f tes

ting

iPR

SM

test

ing

is c

urre

ntly

ad

hoc.

iPR

SM

cont

ains

the

abili

ty to

con

duct

impa

ct a

naly

sis

test

ing,

but

a m

ore

com

preh

ensi

ve s

et o

f tes

t sui

tes

is n

eede

d. A

lso,

test

ing

A s

et o

f for

mal

test

ing

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