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Active Product Assurance Handbooks

Active Product Assurance Handbooks

The following handbooks can be downloaded in PDF or MS Word format.

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  1. ECSS-Q-HB-30-01A – Worst case analysis (14 January 2011)
  2. ECSS-Q-HB-30-03A – Human dependability handbook (14 July 2015)
  3. ECSS-Q-HB-30-08A – Components reliability data sources and their use (14 January 2011)
  4. ECSS-Q-HB-60-02A – Techniques for radiation effects mitigation in ASICs and FPGAs handbook (1 September 2016)
  5. ECSS-Q-HB-70-23A – Materials, mechanical parts and processes obsolescence management handbook (20 November 2017)
  6. ECSS-Q-HB-80-01A – Reuse of existing software (5 December 2011)
  7. ECSS-Q-HB-80-02 Part 1A – Software process assessment and improvement – Part 1: Framework (8 October 2010)
  8. ECSS-Q-HB-80-02 Part 2A – Software process assessment and improvement – Part 2: Assessor instrument (8 October 2010)
  9. ECSS-Q-HB-80-03A Rev.1 – Software dependability and safety (20 November 2017)
  10. ECSS-Q-HB-80-04A – Software metrication handbook (30 March 2011)