The plan for verifying the airborne software: review, analysis and test methods, independence, environments, coverage criteria, regression approach and the data to be produced.
Plan Work product in the Avionics and airborne electronics lifecycle
DO-178C expects verification to be planned and agreed before it starts. Late arguments about coverage criteria, missing independence where the software level requires it and unplanned re-verification after changes follow when it is not.
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