Re: [tsf-dev] TSF process feedback - part 2

[Paul Sherwood <paul.sherwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Derek,
On 2026-04-30 14:53, Derek M Jones via tsf-dev wrote:
> > It's worth thinking about what TSF is claims to do at a high-level. I 
> > think the optimal way to do this is evaluating TSF
>
> The high-level question is: Who is TSF's customer?

As I mentioned in my previous reply, TSF is an open source offering (so 
no paying customers), but the hope is that we establish a de-facto way 
of representing assurance cases for complex software vs a range of 
criteria/standards.

Beneficiaries of this will ideally include:

- engineers/product teams (e.g. demonstrate "best-practices" without 
need to absorb N proprietary standards)
- safety assessors (e.g. reduce time spent locating and normalising 
work-products)
- security assessors
- quality assessors
- marketing (only if we gain more traction)

FWIW Codethink has had some success applying TSF in practice - for 
example we've had successful independent/customer assessments of project 
work framed in TSF vs ASPICE, ISO PAS 8926 and IEC 61508, and as you 
know TSF itself has been assessed by exida.

br
Paul