What is sufficiently safe?

FS Confirmation Measures

Hello and welcome to a new episode of "Applied FuSa," a podcast for FuSa pragmatists. Confirmation Measures, which means Confirmation Review, Audits and Assessments. In today's episode, we'll examine their significance and how to implement them in practice. We'll pay special attention to the topic of Level of Independence. Do audits and assessments always have to be conducted by external providers? Are internal auditors and assessors independent enough? These are questions we will answer.

Tailoring of Safety Activities

Hello and welcome to a new episode of “Applied FuSa,” a podcast for FuSa pragmatists. “We have to do this because it’s written in the ISO.” You hear that a lot, but it’s not always true. In line with the motto “Everything goes, nothing’s a must,” ISO 26262 offers enough flexibility in how its requirements are implemented. In fact, deviations are allowed—as long as it’s demonstrated that they don’t result in an unacceptable, safety-relevant risk. In other words: everything is fine as long as functional safety concepts are implemented completely and correctly, since these are the ultimate goal from a FuSa perspective. This episode explains the ISO 26262 requirements regarding tailoring. Which raises the question: can those requirements themselves be tailored? Hmm… now it’s getting complicated… but let’s wait and see.

Tool Evaluation and Qualification

Hello and welcome to another episode of “Applied FuSa”, a podcast for FuSa pragmatists. Tool evaluation and qualification… there is hardly any other task in the FuSa universe that has caused so much uncertainty. At least, that’s the impression gained from many internal and external discussions (for instance, at FuSa conferences and workshops). Actually, the topic is not that complicated. But the devil is very much in the details. We will illustrate this using the example of compiler evaluation. We will also share a few suggestions on how the effort involved can be significantly reduced.

Release for Production

Hello and welcome to a new episode of “Applied FuSa,” a podcast for FuSa pragmatists. Release for Production Report is a work product that is created at the end of a product development process to authorize a safety-related product for production. ISO 26262 specifies only five requirements for the Release for Production in Part 2, Section 6.4.13, which will be presented in this episode. In addition, we will also answer the question: Who should own the Release for Production Report?

What is sufficiently safe?

Hello and welcome to a new episode of “Applied FuSa,” a podcast for FuSa pragmatists. In this episode, we will answer one of the most crucial questions in any safety-related project: How do I know that my product is sufficiently safe? And what exactly is the difference between compliance and achievement of functional safety? Note: The scope of this episode is limited to the safety of a supplier's design. In addition, non-technical requirements like compliance with standards still apply, of course.