Supporting Processes
8-5 Interfaces within distributed developments
8-6 Specification and management of safety requirements
8-7 Configuration management
"General: Configuration management is a well established practice within the automotive industry and can be applied according to ISO/TS 16949, ISO 10007 and ISO/IEC 12207. Each work product of ISO 26262 is managed by configuration management." - ISO 26262-8:2011, 6.5.1
The norm refers to ISO/TS 16949 for configuration management. However, when searching the ISO/TS 16949 it becomes quickly clear that simply searching for "configuration management" will not bring up anything useful. Instead, have a look at chapter 7.5.3 "Identification and Traceability" and chapter 4.2.4 "Control of Records".
Please note that according to ISO26262-8:2011, 7.4.2 software development has to comply with the clause on configuration management in ISO/IEC12207.
Work product:
- Configuration Management Plan (resulting from ISO26262-8:2011 chapter 7.4.1, 7.4.2 and 7.4.5)
8-8 Change management
Prerequisites:
- Configuration Management Plan
- Safety Plan
Work products:
- Change management plan
- Change request
- Impact analysis and change request plan
- Change report
8-9 Verification
8-10 Documentation
8-11 Confidence in the use of software tools
8-12 Qualification of software components
8-13 Qualification of hardware components
8-14 Proven in use argument
An example of the proven in use argument with a template can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
Proven in Use template with example
