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Many books have been written in the last 30 years on the subject of requirement engineering. The method has been designed and improved. The great success of these efforts lies in the fact that the awareness of the topic has been raised in a broad professional audience. There is hardly anyone today who would fundamentally […]
Static analysis and dynamic testing: Even after several decades of software engineering, we still far away from guaranteed error-free software. Even for software developed to the highest safety standards, no one can guarantee absolute freedom from errors. All functional safety standards recognize that a guaranteed error-free software (with the current state of the technology) cannot […]
There is no such thing as bug-free software! Nevertheless, software is successfully used even in very critical systems. The software development processes have become so mature that it is possible to reduce the number of errors in the software reliably to such an extent that the number of system errors which have their cause in […]
ISO 26262 Confidence in the use of softwar tools: ISO 26262-8 in chapter 11 defines the requirements for software tools that are used in an ISO 26262 compliant software development process. In the practical usage of chapter 11 of ISO 26262-8 many questions often arise, which partly lead to very creative approaches regarding tool qualification. […]
The complexity of technical systems has been increasing for years and there is no foreseeable end to this. The crucial driver of innovation is software. Very powerful hardware in combination with complex software are the basis for trends such as IOT, autonomous driving, Smart Home and human-robot collaboration, to list just a few. Today, software […]
The EN 50129 safety case is the structured and documented safety statement that the conditions for safety acceptance have been fulfilled. The safety case includes all safety-relevant aspects of the product life cycle. When creating the document, the challenge is therefore to present a wide range of information in a clear and comprehensible manner. EN […]
The ISO 21448 Safety of the Intended Functionality defines methods for failure resulting from the limitation of a functionality. ISO 26262 deals with concepts, procedures and measures for failures resulting from random hardware failures or systematic HW/SW failures. Many experts see the SOTIF standard as a normative support for the realization of autonomous driving. This […]
ISO 25119: The norm describes the safety requirements for tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry. The standard is a sector specific implementation of IEC 61508 and consists of 4 parts. Like other functional safety standards, ISO 25119 specifies various levels of criticality. The standard defines the Agricultural Performance Level (AgPL) QM, a – e. […]
ISO 13849 Safety of machinery, describes the requirements for the functional safety of machines. The safety standards in the field of machinery are divided into Type A, Type B and Type C standards. ISO 13849 is a Type B standard. For machines that are covered by the scope of a Type C standard and that […]
Structural Source Code Coverage: Are you working in software projects where functional safety is becoming more and more important? The use of IEC 61508, ISO 26262 or a comparable standard is around the corner or you are already in the middle of such a project? In these cases you have probably already encountered the term […]
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