[i11] Be carefull with your “Merry Xmas”-greeting …

… it could blow up your system or delay your project by several months! Note: As a tribute to christmas time, this blog-post is the result of the challenging question, if there is a connection between “requirements engineering” and “xmas“. It is! You want to know why? Read about a system with an interesting requirements Read More …

[i10] Warning and Degradation Concept … a different view

As an automotive system developer, you might well know the meaning of a Warning and Degradation Concept. It describes the various ways, how any irregular and potentially hazardous behavior of the vehicle or a part of it is being handled, if it is not possible to reach a safe state within the so-called Fault Tolerant Read More …

[i09] The ISO26262 Concept Phase visualized – Structuring the first ideas

There is a first rough idea what the designated product shall do. Good! – Or maybe there is already a product and you just want to upgrade its functionality. Also fine! But what’s next? – How do you really get started with system development? – And how to consider safety? – Actually these very first Read More …

[i02] Joint poster presentation at PHM-E 2012

“Design for Availability – Flexible System Evaluation with a Model Library of Generic RAMST Blocks” is the title of our joint presentation at the ongoing First European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society, taking place July 3 to 5 2012 in Dresden, Germany. The contribution reports about a modelbased approach of amending a Read More …