An Integrated Project Management Life Cycle Supporting System Safety

System failures in safety-critical domains can lead to harmful consequences for humans, the environment and for the system itself. The field of ‘system safety’ provides relief and aims at identifying possible risks already during the project planning phase of the system development. This requires modern project management support. The realisation of innovative ideas in software often in-creases the complexity and increasingly leads to dangerous system states or even system failures that put the safety of the system at risk.