ISO 26262-2:2018: Management of functional safety

This course is about ISO 26262-2: Management of functional safety. All relevant clauses of this part of ISO 26262 are explained in the course. The following clauses are considered:

• Clause 5: Overall safety management

• Clause 6: Project dependent safety management

• Clause 7: Safety management regarding production, operation, service and decommissioning

The following aspects are considered in Clause 5: Overall safety management:

• Implementation of a safety culture

• Management of safety anomalies

• Competence management

• Implement a quality management for the safety lifecycle

• Project independent tailoring of the Safety Lifecycle

The following aspects are considered in Clause 6: Project dependent safety management:

• Roles and responsibilities

• Planning and coordination of safety activities

• Project-specific tailoring of the safety lifecycle

• What is a safety manager?

• What is the safety plan?

• What is the safety case?

• Confirmation measures (includes explanation of review, assessment, audit, independence levels)

• Release for production

The following aspects are considered in Clause 7: Safety management regarding production, operation, service and decommissioning

• Roles and responsibilities

• Planning of safety activities

• Field monitoring

• Management of modifications after SOP

In the first part of the course you get a quick overview of all ISO 26262:2018 parts. Also the term functional safety is explained in the first part of the course. And you get an overview of functional safety standards for other industries, such as nuclear plants or process industry.

In case you already have some basic knowledge about functional safety and ISO 26262 the first part of the course is optional and you can skip it.