Tool Verification Report Template#

Note

Tool Verification Report header

[Your Tool Name]
status: draft
tags: template, tool_management
safety_affected: YES
security_affected: YES
tcl: LOW
version: vX.Y.Z

Attention

The above directive must be updated according to your tool.

The information is used for proper tool identification

Status may (draft, evaluated, qualified, released, rejected)

Safety/Security affected may (YES, NO)

TCL may (LOW, HIGH)

Version may v.MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH

Note

An example of a Tool Verification Report can be found here: Example Tool Verification Report

[Your Tool Name] Verification Report#

Introduction#

Scope and purpose#

[Describe the scope and purpose of the tool]

May add general use cases, scenarios, etc.

Inputs and outputs#

[Describe here the inputs and outputs of the tool]

May add a figure, if appropriate

Note

.. figure:: _assets/[Your Tool Name].drawio.svg
:width: 100%
:align: center
:alt: [Your Tool Name] overview
[Your Tool Name] overview

Available information#

[Describe here the available information for the tool]

May also add some general information about the tool

May add links to the public available information, if applicable, e.g. tools documentation, tracking of tool bugs, user manual, guidelines, etc.

May add some comments to get started or usage information or integration manual

May add tool usage constraints/limitations

Installation and integration#

Installation#

[Describe here how to install the tool]

May add where is the tool located?

May add how the tool is configured in order to be used in safe/secure way?

May add access/usage protection required?, execution authority required?

Integration#

[Describe here how to integrate the tool in existing toolchain]

May add how the tool works together with other tools?

Environment#

[Describe environment and its constraints/limitations]

Evaluation#

[Describe here detailed information about the tool evaluation]

Determine the use case for the tool in the project and for each use case

Determine the malfunctions/threats

Determine the tool impact based on the malfunctions/threats

Determine the available safety/security measures

Determine if the impact detection based on safety/security measures are sufficient and add additional ones, if required

Determine the tool confidence based on tool impact and tool impact detection

Use the table below to document all uses cases and their evaluation. The table has an example included.

The final Confidence shall be judged on the maximum confidence level of each use case.

Table 74 [Your tool name] evaluation#

Use case Identification

Use case Description

Malfunctions

Impact on safety?

Impact safety measures available?

Impact safety detection sufficient?

Threats

Impact on security?

Impact security measures available?

Impact security detection sufficient?

Further additional safety measure required?

Confidence (automatic calculation)

1

Generate element (requirements, architecture, safety analysis, …)

Wrong or missed element may lead to an wrong implementation with any potential error

yes

Reviews

no

Gain access to modify or run manipulated Doc-as-code or to to modify input files

yes

Access control, roles in Github

yes

Compare generated text in documentation with original text (#PR)

low

Result#

Add here final statement, if tool qualification is required or not.

Optional Section for Tool Qualification#

Based on method: validation of the software tool

Requirements and testing aspects#

[Describe here requirements and their tests from user point of view]

Where are tool requirements defined?

Where are the test cases for the requirements defined?

Where are the requirements coverage documented?

Analysis perspective#

[Describe analysis perspective]

Optional:

Where is the architectural design of the tool defined?

Where is the safety analysis for the tool defined?

Where is the security analysis for the tool defined?