Using the CESAR Safety Framework for Functional Safety Management in the context of ISO 26262

International audienceThe development of automotive embedded systems is a complex task because of (1) the large number and complexity of functionalities implemented in electrical and/or electronic (E/E) systems including software, (2) the high level of safety integrity required for these functionalities, and (3) the distributed development process involving different organizations. The functional safety standard ISO 26262 supports the development of automotive electronics by providing a detailed development process as well as methods for the management of functional safety and for the required supporting processes (such as confidence in the use of software tools). These development activities lead to the creation of more than 100 work-products according to more than 1300 requirements to comply with the functional safety standard. We propose in this work an extension of the CESAR safety framework in order to support the definition, management, monitoring and validation of customer projects developed according to ISO 26262