Introduction to ISO 26262 Functional safety (2 day course)

Purpose

To give an overview of ISO 26262 content. Special focus on the early phases, such as concept and system development.

Goals

The participants shall get an overall understanding of:

• ISO 26262 structure and content
• terminology and definitions
• development of a ”safety case”
• definition of and compliance with safety goals
• analysis of safety related functions and incidents
• classification of automotive safety integrity levels (ASIL)
• functional and technical safety requirements
• process and work requirements

Day 1

09:00     Introduction

09:30     Safety management

• – An overview of safety process management
• – Overall safety management
• – Safety management during item development
• – Safety management after release for production

10:30     Concept development

• – Overview of the concept phase
• – Item definition
• – Initiation of safety lifecycle
• – Hazard analysis and risk assessment
• – Definition of Safety Goals
• – ASIL classification
• – Functional safety concept

12:00     Lunch

13:00     Exercise

14:00     System development

• – Initiation of product development at the system level
• – Specification of the technical safety requirements
• – System design

15:30     Wrap up

16:00     End

Day 2

09:00     System development continue

• – Item integration and testing
• – Safety validation
• – Functional safety assessment
• – Release for production

09:45     Exercise

10:45     Hardware development

• – Process overview
• – Initiation of product development at hardware level
• – Specification of hardware safety requirements
• – Hardware architectural metrics
• – Evaluation of violation of safety goal due to random HW failures
• – Hardware integration and testing

12:00     Lunch

13:00     Software development

• – Process overview
• – Initiation of product development at software level
• – Specification of software safety requirements
• – Software architectural design
• – Software unit design and implementation
• – Software unit testing
• – Software integration and testing
• – Verification of software safety requirements

14:00     Exercise

15:00     Supporting processes

• – Distributed development
• – Specification and management of safety requirements
• – Configuration Management
• – Change Management
• – Verification
• – Documentation
• – Qualification of software tools
• – Qualification of software components
• – Qualification of hardware components
• – Proven in use argument

15:30     Wrap-up

16:00     End

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