Aviation airborne software airworthiness certification is an important means to verify that the safety of software meets flight requirements. The certification standard DO-178C is a standard requirement that aviation enterprise software design must follow. However, in the field of software management there is an important competence maturity integration model standard, called CMMI/GJB5000A. After a comparative analysis of DO-178C and GJB5000A, it is concluded that the airborne software airworthiness certification is insufficient in the sense of software development process management. To meet the gap it is proposed that enterprises need to strengthen project monitoring, process measurement, analysis and risk management requirements. In accordance with the formal requirements of DO-178C, a reference improvement plan is given.

DO-178C  /  CMMI  /  GJB5000A  /  software considerations in airborne systems and equipment certification