Alexander Specht

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Software engineering, systems software and programming languages · 3 · 3 since 2021
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2025 From missile warhead to smart fridge: Interviews with industry experts on tracing safety- and security-relevant artifacts
abstract
Ensuring traceability of safety- and security-related artifacts is vital in software development to comply with standards and mitigate risks. Despite its importance, the practical implementation of defining and tracing safety- and security-relevant artifacts remains ambiguous. Based on eight semi-structured interviews with industry experts, this work explores the definitions, methods, processes, and challenges of tracing safety- and security-related artifacts. The interviews revealed that definitions of safety- and security-relevant artifacts are highly context-dependent, shaped by regulatory standards, internal processes, technical characteristics, and practitioner judgment. Rather than signaling a deficiency, this variability reflects the inherently multifaceted nature of safety and security work, where artifact classification emerges from practical reasoning rather than strict or universal criteria. Tools play a key role in supporting traceability, and cross-team alignment remains a concern in practice. Our findings provide actionable insights for organizations seeking to strengthen traceability. The recommendations encourage the development of internal classification criteria, support effective collaboration with external partners, support guidance, onboarding, and training, and help align practices with across teams, fostering more reliable and transparent management of safety- and security-relevant artifacts.
Marc Herrmann, Alexander Specht, Abdurrahman Sekerci, Martin Obaidi, Marco Ehl, Duaa Adel Ali Elsofi, Katharina Großer, Jil Klünder, Jan Jürjens, Kurt Schneider
J. Syst. Softw.2
2023 Privacy explanations - A means to end-user trust
Wasja Brunotte, Alexander Specht, Larissa Chazette, Kurt Schneider
J. Syst. Softw.2
2022 Sentiment analysis tools in software engineering: A systematic mapping study
Martin Obaidi, Lukas Nagel, Alexander Specht, Jil Klünder
Inf. Softw. Technol.3