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The development of any military firmware or software system involves technical risks which may manifest into roadblocks that break timelines and blow budgets. PSI can help you identify and mitigate these risks before they endanger your product’s development. This allows you to focus on the science behind your project and be assured that the technical risks have been thought through and are well in hand.

Every critical device or process development starts with solid requirements definition. Often, the most abstract and sometimes most difficult to define part of a device or process is the software. Without thorough analysis and specification, the software thus can become the single critical path, lengthening the project, increasing cost, and causing missed opportunity. PSI works closely with its clients, bringing the stakeholders together to create a clear requirement specification on which solid design can be based.

Too often, poorly designed firmware and software make their costly presence known by failing to support this need. However, PSI is intimately familiar with the structure and execution of proper design. PSI believes that designs must convey necessary detail to managers, engineers, inspectors, and users to build consensus and provide direction on implementation. Only through proper design can firmware and software be built right, the first time.

Software and firmware thus play a role with importance equal to that of hardware. Well formed, documented code is the key to creating a system with inner workings that are comprehensible and consistent with the design from which it comes. PSI’s strict coding standards, well defined processes, and knowledgeable engineers create code that is clear, concise, and maintainable. This provides you savings and peace of mind as your project goes into production or the market, reliably fulfilling its intended purpose.

You and your customers need assurance that your products operate as intended and perform reliably in the field and on the line. Testing with traceability throughout the entire development process ensures the quality of inbuilt firmware and software. PSI works with you to create and execute verification and validation suites for your project that are clear, thorough, and repeatable.

Companies often require software-focused third parties to evaluate existing code set or documentation packages to serve a given purpose. Through many years of writing and evaluating software, PSI is exceptional in identifying the quality, scalability, maintainability, extensibility, and capability of software systems. Whether it’s evaluation of software documentation prior to FDA submission or evaluating the potential of an acquired code base, PSI can help.

There are many project concerns around software and technologies that require expert research and consultation. PSI has built its expertise over hundreds of projects and is happy to share this collective experience with you. PSI’s consultants are engineers that have the hands on experience to provide concrete recommendations and direction to get your project past any roadblock or avoid a potential pitfall. This can eliminate weeks or months spent on a particular issue or potential dead end. One conversation can save you thousands.