Requirements Communication in Safety-Critical Systems: an extended literature overview

Context: Safety-critical systems (SCS) must be carefully plannedsince inadequate or misunderstood requirements have been recognized as themajor cause of safety-related catastrophes. Objective: We investigate the inte-gration and requirements communication in the requirements engineering (RE)process among different parties when developing SCS. Method: We used a Sys-tematic Mapping Study as the basis for our work. Results: We analyze severalaspects such as challenges, domain, requirements activity, languages, tools, sta-keholders involved, communication format, and safety standards. Conclusions:This information contributes to setting up possible collaborative networks andas a reference when developing new research projects.