ISO 26262-7:2018

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 26262-7
Second edition
2018-12
Road vehicles — Functional safety —
Part 7:
Production, operation, service and
decommissioning
Véhicules routiers — Sécurité fonctionnelle —
Partie 7: Production, utilisation, maintenance et démantèlement
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ISO 2018
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Requirements for compliance . 2
4.1 Purpose . 2
4.2 General requirements . 2
4.3 Interpretations of tables . 3
4.4 ASIL-dependent requirements and recommendations . 3
4.5 Adaptation for motorcycles . 3
4.6 Adaptation for trucks, buses, trailers and semi-trailers. 3
5 Planning for production, operation, service and decommissioning .4
5.1 Objectives. 4
5.2 General . 4
5.3 Inputs to this clause . 4
5.3.1 Prerequisites . 4
5.3.2 Further supporting information . 4
5.4 Requirements and recommendations . 5
5.4.1 Production planning . 5
5.4.2 Pre-production . 6
5.4.3 Planning of operation, service and decommissioning . 6
5.5 Work products . 8
6 Production . 8
6.1 Objectives. 8
6.2 General . 8
6.3 Inputs to this clause . 9
6.3.1 Prerequisites . 9
6.4 Requirements and recommendations . 9
6.4.1 Production . 9
6.5 Work products .10
7 Operation, service and decommissioning .10
7.1 Objectives.10
7.2 General .10
7.3 Inputs to this clause .10
7.3.1 Prerequisites .10
7.3.2 Further supporting information .11
7.4 Requirements and recommendations .11
7.4.1 Operation, service and decommissioning .11
7.5 Work products .11
Annex A (informative) Overview on and document flow of production, operation, service
and decommissioning .12
Bibliography .14
Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles, Subcommittee SC 32,
Electrical and electronic components and general system aspects.
This edition of ISO 26262 series of standards cancels and replaces the edition ISO 26262:2011 series of
standards, which has been technically revised and includes the following main changes:
— requirements for trucks, buses, trailers and semi-trailers;
— extension of the vocabulary;
— more detailed objectives;
— objective oriented confirmation measures;
— management of safety anomalies;
— references to cyber-security;
— updated target values for hardware architecture metrics;
— guidance on model based development and software safety analysis;
— evaluation of hardware elements;
— additional guidance on dependent failure analysis;
— guidance on fault tolerance, safety related special characteristics and software tools;
— guidance for semiconductors;
— requirements for motorcycles;
— general restructuring of all parts for improved clarity.
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Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www .iso .org/members .html.
A list of all parts in the ISO 26262 series can be found on the ISO website.
Introduction
The ISO 26262 series of standards is the adaptation of IEC 61508 series of standards to address the
sector specific needs of electrical and/or electronic (E/E) systems within road vehicles.
This adaptation applies to all activities during the safety lifecycle of safety-related systems comprised
of electrical, electronic and software components.
Safety is one of the key issues in the development of road vehicles. Development and integration of
automotive functionalities strengthen the need for functional safety and the need to provide evidence
that functional safety objectives are satisfied.
With the trend of increasing technological complexity, software content and mechatronic
implementation, there are increasing risks from systematic failures and random hardware failures,
these being considered within the scope of functional safety. ISO 26262 series of standards includes
guidance to mitigate these risks by providing appropriate requirements and processes.
To achieve functional safety, the ISO 26262 series of standards:
a) provides a reference for the automotive safety lifecycle and supports the tailoring of the activities
to be performed during the lifecycle phases, i.e., development, production, operation, service and
decommissioning;
b) provides an automotive-specific risk-based approach to determine integrity levels [Automotive
Safety Integrity Levels (ASILs)];
c) uses ASILs to specify which of the requirements of ISO 26262 are applicable to avoid unreasonable
residual risk;
d) provides requirements for functional safety management, design, implementation, verification,
validation and confirmation measures; and
e) provides requirements for relations between customers and suppliers.
The ISO 26262 series of standards is concerned with functional safety of E/E systems that is achieved
through safety measures including safety mechanisms. It also provides a framework within which
safety-related systems based on other technologies (e.g. mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic) can be
considered.
The achievement of functional safety is influenced by the development process (including such
activities as requirements specification, design, implementation, integration, verification, validation
and configuration), the production and service processes and the management processes.
Safety is intertwined with common function-oriented and quality-oriented activities and work
products. The ISO 26262 series of standards addresses the safety-related aspects of these activities and
work products.
Figure 1 shows the overall structure of the ISO 26262 series of standards. The ISO 26262 series of
standards is based upon a V-model as a reference process model for the different phases of product
development. Within the figure:
— the shaded “V”s represent the interconnection among ISO 26262-3, ISO 26262-4, ISO 26262-5,
ISO 26262-6 and ISO 26262-7;
— for motorcycles:
— ISO 26262-12:2018, Clause 8 supports ISO 26262-3;
— ISO 26262-12:2018, Clauses 9 and 10 support ISO 26262-4; and
— the specific clauses are indicated in the following manner: “m-n”, where “m” represents the number
of the particular part and “n” indicates the number of the clause within that part.
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EXAMPLE “2-6” represents ISO 26262-2:2018, Clause 6.
Figure 1 — Overview of the ISO 26262 series of standards
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 26262-7:2018(E)
Road vehicles — Functional safety —
Part 7:
Production, operation, service and decommissioning
1 Scope
This document is intended to be applied to safety-related systems that include one or more electrical
and/or electronic (E/E) systems and that are installed in series production road vehicles, excluding
mopeds. This document does not address unique E/E systems in special vehicles such as E/E systems
designed for drivers with disabilities.
NOTE Other dedicated application-specific safety standards exist and can complement the ISO 26262 series
of standards or vice versa.
Systems and their components released for production, or systems and their components already under
development prior to the publication date of this document, are exempted from the scope of this edition.
This document addresses alterations to existing systems and their components released for production
prior to the publication of this document by tailoring the safety lifecycle depending on the alteration.
This document addresses integration of existing systems not developed according to this document and
systems developed according to this document by tailoring the safety lifecycle.
This document addresses possible hazards caused by malfunctioning behaviour of safety-related E/E
systems, including interaction of these systems. It does not address hazards related to electric shock,
fire, smoke, heat, radiation, toxicity, flammability, reactivity, corrosion, release of energy and similar
hazards, unless directly caused by malfunctioning behaviour of safety-related E/E systems.
This document describes a framework for functional safety to assist the development of safety-
related E/E systems. This framework is intended to be used to integrate functional safety activities
into a company-specific development framework. Some requirements have a clear technical focus to
implement functional safety into a product; others address the development process and can therefore
be seen as process requirements in order to demonstrate the capability of an organization with respect
to functional safety.
This document does not address the nominal performance of E/E systems.
This document specifies the requirements for production, operation, service and decommissioning,
including related planning activities.
Annex A provides an overview on objectives, prerequisites and work products of this document.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 26262-1, Road vehicles — Functional safety — Part 1: Vocabulary
ISO 26262-2:2018, Road vehicles — Functional safety — Part 2: Management of functional safety
ISO 26262-3:2018, Road vehicles — Functional safety — Part 3: Concept phase
ISO 26262-4:2018, Road vehicles — Functional safety — Part 4: Product development at the system level
ISO 26262-5:2018, Road vehicles — Functional safety — Part 5: Product development at the hardware level
ISO 26262-8:2018, Road vehicles — Functional safety — Part 8: Supporting processes
ISO 26262-9:2018, Road vehicles — Functional safety — Part 9: Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL)-
oriented and safety-oriented analyses
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms, definitions and abbreviated terms given in
ISO 26262-1 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http: //www .electropedia .org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https: //www .iso .org/obp
4 Requirements for compliance
4.1 Purpose
This clause describes how:
a) to achieve compliance with the ISO 26262 series of standards;
b) to interpret the tables used in the ISO 26262 series of standards; and
c) to interpret the applicability of each clause, depending on the relevant ASIL(s).
4.2 General requirements
When claiming compliance with the ISO 26262 series of standards, each requirement shall be met,
unless one of the following applies:
a) tailoring of the safety activities in accordance with ISO 26262-2 has been performed that shows
that the requirement does not apply; or
b) a rationale is available that the non-compliance is acceptable and the rationale has been evaluated
in accordance with ISO 26262-2.
Informative content, including notes and examples, is only for guidance in understanding, or for
clarification of the associated requirement, and shall not be interpreted as a requirement itself or as
complete or exhaustive.
The results of safety activities are given as work products. “Prerequisites” are information which shall
be available as work products of a previous phase. Given that certain requirements of a clause are
ASIL-dependent or may be tailored, certain work products may not be needed as prerequisites.
“Further supporting information” is information that can be considered, but which in some cases is not
required by the ISO 26262 series of standards as a work product of a previous phase and which may be
made available by external sources that are different from the persons or organizations responsible for
the functional safety activities.
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4.3 Interpretations of tables
Tables are normative or informative depending on their context. The different methods listed in a table
contribute to the level of confidence in achieving compliance with the corresponding requirement. Each
method in a table is either:
a) a consecutive entry (marked by a sequence number in the leftmost column, e.g. 1, 2, 3), or
b) an alternative entry (marked by a number followed by a letter in the leftmost column, e.g. 2a, 2b, 2c).
For consecutive entries, all listed highly recommended and recommended methods in accordance with
the ASIL apply. It is allowed to substitute a highly recommended or recommended method by others
not listed in the table, in this case, a rationale shall be given describing why these comply with the
corresponding requirement. If a rationale can be given to comply with the corresponding requirement
without choosing all entries, a further rationale for omitted methods is not necessary.
For alternative entries, an appropriate combination of methods shall be applied in accordance with the
ASIL indicated, independent of whether they are listed in the table or not. If methods are listed with
different degrees of recommendation for an ASIL, the methods with the higher recommendation should
be preferred. A rationale shall be given that the selected combination of methods or even a selected
single method complies with the corresponding requirement.
NOTE A rationale based on the methods listed in the table is sufficient. However, this does not imply a bias
for or against methods not listed in the table.
For each method, the degree of recommendation to use the corresponding method depends on the ASIL
and is categorized as follows:
— “++” indicates that the method is highly recommended for the identified ASIL;
— “+” indicates that the method is recommended for the identified ASIL; and
— — “o” indicates that the method has no recommendation for or against its usage for the identified
ASIL.
4.4 ASIL-dependent requirements and recommendations
The requirements or recommendations of each sub-clause shall be met for ASIL A, B, C and D, if not
stated otherwise. These requirements and recommendations refer to the ASIL of the safety goal.
If ASIL decomposition has been performed at an earlier stage of development, in accordance with
ISO 26262-9:2018, Clause 5, the ASIL resulting from the decomposition shall be met.
If an ASIL is given in parentheses in the ISO 26262 series of standards, the corresponding sub-clause
shall be considered as a recommendation rather than a requirement for this ASIL. This has no link with
the parenthesis notation related to ASIL decomposition.
4.5 Adaptation for motorcycles
For items or elements of motorcycles for which requirements of ISO 26262-12 are applicable,
the requirements of ISO 26262-12 supersede the corresponding requirements in this document.
Requirements of ISO 26262-2 that are superseded by ISO 26262-12 are defined in Part 12.
4.6 Adaptation for trucks, buses, trailers and semi-trailers
Content that is intended to be unique for trucks, buses, trailers and semi-trailers (T&B) is indicated
as such.
5 Planning for production, operation, service and decommissioning
5.1 Objectives
The objectives of this clause are:
a) to develop and maintain a production process for safety-related elements or items that are intended
to be installed in road vehicles; and
NOTE This objective can be achieved by an organization’s compliance to IATF 16949 or equivalent,
depending on the organization’s position in the safety supply chain and the complexity of the safety-related
element being produced.
b) to develop the necessary information concerning operation, service (maintenance and repair) and
decommissioning fo
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