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Taxonomy Based Testing and Validation of a new Defect Classification for Health Software
Defect-based testing is a powerful tool for finding errors in software. Many software manufacturers
avoid this method because it requires a detailed defect taxonomy that is expensive to
construct and difficult to validate. The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
(AAMI) is developing SW911, a defect taxonomy to be published as a standard for
health software. This paper details three methods to validate SW91 for its comprehensiveness.
The initial validations of SW91 were conducted via mapping vulnerabilities from the Common
Weakness Enumeration and a dataset from a medical device software development company
in Ireland. Taxonomy based testing is another validation method proposed in this research
and its applicability was investigated using empirical data from a medical device software
development company in Ireland. Finally, the paper details future plans to implement
taxonomy based testing to improve software quality in medical device software and to
validate SW91. This validation will focus on the efficiency, reliability, ability to perform useful
analyses and defect coverage of SW91