12. System Safety Checklist

Technical systems are increasingly designed, developed, and deployed all around us. Digitization of various industries, including automotive, industrial plants, smart cities, and space programs, is heavily underway, prepping the systems with sophisticated hardware and software. Complex algorithms are mostly modeled in software where the overall complexity grows tremendously. Throughout the previous 11 chapters, we dissected what is needed to correctly design and verify systems for safety. However, there are several more considerations apart from only technical items which need to be regarded in the safety context. In this chapter, therefore, we are going to compile a full safety checklist as a final reference and a great starting point for designing any safety-critical system.