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ISO 26262 Academy · Learning path · open to read

Student / Explorer

A guided tour across all levels: system, software, hardware, analyses and processes.

  • 3 weeks
  • 18 items
  • 8 hours
  • 1 free with an account

Career Path gives you an assessment and a roadmap based on your experience and goals. This track is the fixed schedule for one role.

The schedule

Week by week.

Guides, practice and checks in the order they build on each other. Items marked Free account open on the free plan.

  1. Week 1Functional safety foundations → System level3h 43m
    • QuizCalibration: foundations12 questions20mPro
    • ReadItem definition & concept phase45mExpert
    • ReadE-Gas monitoring concept1h 10mPro
    • QuizQuiz: system level10 questions18mPro
    • ReadSoftware architecture and unit design20mPro
    • ReadCoding guidelines50mExpert
  2. Week 2Software level → Hardware level3h 59m
    • QuizQuiz: software level10 questions18mPro
    • QuizQuiz: hardware level10 questions18mPro
    • ReadSafety analyses compared30mExpert
    • ReadFMEA15mExpert
    • SimulatorSimulator: build an FMEA45mPro
    • ReadSTPA25mPro
    • QuizQuiz: analyses10 questions18mPro
    • ReadThe Safety Plan15mExpert
    • ReadChange impact analysis10mExpert
    • ReadSafety Element out of Context20mExpert
    • ReadProcess: Functional Safety Concept25mFree account
  3. Week 3Processes & management18m
    • QuizQuiz: processes10 questions18mPro

Templates

116 work-product templates come with this path

Ready-to-adapt documents matched to the modules above. Reference material, not extra hours on your schedule.

  • Functional Safety Concept
  • HAZOP Worksheet
  • Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment Report
  • Item Definition
  • Motorcycle HARA Verification Report
  • Motorcycle Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment
  • Motorcycle Item Definition
  • Verification Report of the Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment
  • Hardware-Software Interface Specification (HSI)
  • Requirements for Production, Operation, Service and Decommissioning (POSD)
  • SEooC Assumption Validity Report
  • Coding Guideline Compliance and Deviation Report
  • +104 more

Further reading

Also on this track

Related guides outside the core schedule, for when you want to go wider.

  • Functional Safety in Aerospace · Expert
  • Functional Safety in Machinery · Expert
  • Functional Safety in Railway · Expert
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Safety · Expert
  • IEC 61508 Explained · Expert
  • Interior and Mirror Cameras · Expert
  • The Automotive Safety Standards Map · Expert
  • Vehicle Motion Control Safety · Expert

Start this path

Week one starts with a free account.

The free plan opens the first items on every track: one full concept guide, 3 templates, 1 process, the Markov simulator and 5 practice exams a month. Pro and Expert unlock the rest of the schedule.