Effective management of functional safety for ISO 26262 standard

摘要

The ISO 26262 standard is strongly affecting today's development behavior in the Automotive Industry. It defines the new development process requirements for the shift from the quality management system (QMS, ISO/TS 16949) to a safety oriented work culture. There are four key barriers to make this shift; 1) the existing business decision environment based only on cost, 2) the typical project work culture to directly jump to a solution without first defining the requirements (as defined by the “V” model), 3) the knowledge gap on how to shift from qualitative to quantitative product reliability assessment and 4) the time and awareness to manage the implementation of the additional safety confirmation measures. The challenge for the automotive industry is to overcome these barriers as established with the ISO/TS16949 quality management system processes.