NASA-STD-8709.20, NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD: MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE TECHNICAL AUTHORITY (SMATA) REQUIREMENTS (06 AUG 2010)

NASA-STD-8709.20, NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD: MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE TECHNICAL AUTHORITY (SMATA) REQUIREMENTS (06 AUG 2010)., This NASA-Standard (NASA-STD) defines the process requirements for managing the application of NASA’s SMA requirements, under the SMA TA. This is a broad-scope document with six main objectives: a. This document outlines how to do tailoring, which is the process by which all SMA TA requirements are reviewed for applicability to the program. Requirements that are deemed nonapplicable are documented in a relief request. b. This document provides guidance on how to do requirements traceability. For all requirements that have been deemed applicable, traceability is used to track where in the program the requirement is implemented and to determine whether or not those requirements meet or exceed the imposing requirement. c. This document defines the process to request “relief” from applicable requirements. d. This document defines the process of granting requirement relief requests. e. This document defines whether a relief request can only be adjudicated by the Chief, Safety and Mission Assurance (Chief/SMA) or can be delegated to any lower level of SMA Technical Authority (TA). f. This document defines special requirements for relief request processing due to types of programs and other federal requirements.