by Martina Riebenbauer | Sep 1, 2020 | Automotive, Functional Safety, Medical Devices, Safety
In the first part of this blog (Software Safety Analysis Part 1) we looked at requirements management and traceability as key activities in the reliable implementation of software projects. In this part of the blog we look at the importance of a qualitative overview...
by Kirstin McKellar | Aug 19, 2020 | Automotive, Functional Safety, Medical Devices, Safety
A hot topic for many years has been the definition of the best safety (risk) analysis technique for analysing potential software malfunctions. Like many discussions of this nature there is no clear answer and the decision is often application and complexity dependent....
by Kirstin McKellar | Aug 5, 2020 | Automotive, Functional Safety, Medical Devices, Safety
The challenges of safety-related continuous delivery In our previous blog we looked at the way the medical device sector is evolving. Specifically, we explored why this can lend itself to support the activities of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery...
by Martina Riebenbauer | Jul 24, 2020 | Automotive, Functional Safety, Medical Devices, Safety
One of the biggest challenges as a functional safety consultancy, is marrying up modern software methods and techniques with safety related requirements, and at the same time trying not to be over restrictive with the methods and processes and the advantages these can...
by Martina Riebenbauer | Jun 5, 2020 | Automotive, Functional Safety, Reliability, Safety
In the second part of my blog series (Part 1 was about reliability prediction analysis) I want to focus on different failures and calculation models that can be used for your reliability prediction, as well as about the different standards and handbooks for...
by Martina Riebenbauer | Mar 19, 2020 | Automotive, Functional Safety, Medical Devices, Safety
One topic that has cropped up time and time again in ISO 26262 is the discussion on hardware parts and can/should requirements be assigned to them? Section 7.4.1.5 in ISO 26262-5:2018 gives the statement ‘The traceability between hardware safety requirements and...
