| Stage | Acceptance Criteria | Document Output | ||||
| Completeness | Documentation | Intelligibility | Independence | DO-178B | Present work | |
| Project Initiation | Ö | Ö | Project Contract | |||
| System Requirements | Ö | Ö | Ö | Definition of requirements | ||
| SW Planning | Ö | Ö | Ö | SW development plan SW verification plan SCM plan SQA plan Plan for SW aspects of certification | ||
| SW requirements | Ö | Ö | Ö | SW requirements document (High-level) | ||
| SW Design | Ö | Ö | Ö | Design Description | SW requirements document (Low-level) | |
| Coding | Ö | Ö | Ö | Source code | ||
| Code Testing | Ö | Ö | Ö | Ö | Test results and recommendations | |
| Integration | Ö | Ö | Ö | Ö | Integration Record | |
| System Verification | Ö | Ö | Ö | Ö | Verification results document | |
| Certification/ Validation | Ö | Ö | Checklist of documents required for certification | |||