An Investıgatıon Of Factors Affectıng The Adoptıon Of Do-200a Standard

Abstract

Software organizations can use standards in the software field in order to reach their targeted quality level, to be a legal requirement or to increase their market shares in line with the accreditation or certification target. On the other hand, compliance with standards becomes more important in the development of safety critical software systems. Therefore, some national or international authority organizations or procurement authorities may seek compliance with certain standards for such software. Software developed for the civil aviation field where safety critical systems are used must comply with the DO-200A Standard. The DO-200A Standard provides guidance with a list of rules to ensure that aviation data is received and processed smoothly and completely and sent to the air platform. It is known that the software industry, which has difficulties in successfully applying software engineering methods and techniques, also faces problems in compliance with standards. Despite the importance of compliance with the standards, no study has been found in the literature to facilitate compliance with the DO-200A Standard. In the study, it is aimed to determine the degree of influence of the factors that may affect the adoption of DO-200A Standard by a software organization. In this thesis, firstly, by using the Systematic Mapping Study (SMS) method, questionnaire-based studies in various databases were investigated and various factors were obtained. Then, these factors were evaluated by experts in the field of DO-200A Standard to determine which ones are most relevant to the DO-200A Standard. In the interviews, it was aimed to obtain a consensus on the factors that may affect a software organization's adaptation to the DO-200A Standard in a wide range. 34 people experienced in DO-200A Standard participated in the survey aimed at measuring the effect of the final factors obtained. After the descriptive analysis (mean, standard deviation, etc.) of the answers given to this questionnaire and factor mapping of the questions, various results were obtained by calculating the weighted average according to the factors. It is considered that the results obtained will contribute to software practitioners who will benefit from the DO-200A Standard, starting from planning, in increasing the success rate in their journey to compliance with the DO-200A Standard, and will help researchers by providing a general view in their research design studies.