ISO 26262-2-2018 PDF

Full title and description

ISO 26262-2:2018 — Road vehicles — Functional safety — Part 2: Management of functional safety. This part of ISO 26262 defines organizational and project-specific requirements for managing functional safety throughout the automotive safety lifecycle, including planning, organizational roles and responsibilities, and activities across concept, development, production, operation, service and decommissioning phases.

Abstract

Part 2 of the ISO 26262 second edition (2018) specifies requirements for functional safety management applied to electrical/electronic (E/E) systems in series-production road vehicles. It covers both project-independent organizational measures (safety management, competency, safety culture) and project-specific management activities (planning, verification, change control and safety case evidence) necessary to achieve and demonstrate functional safety. Annex material provides an overview of objectives, prerequisites and expected work products.

General information

• Status: Published.
• Publication date: December 2018 (ISO publication: 2018-12).
• Publisher: International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
• ICS / categories: 43.040.10 (Electrical and electronic equipment for road vehicles).
• Edition / version: 2nd edition (2018).
• Number of pages: 45 (ISO edition).

Scope

ISO 26262-2:2018 applies to safety-related systems that include one or more electrical and/or electronic (E/E) systems installed in series-production road vehicles (excluding mopeds). The part establishes requirements for safety management both at organizational level and for specific projects across the safety lifecycle, and it addresses tailoring for systems already under development or released for production prior to this edition. It does not cover hazards unrelated to E/E system malfunction (for example, chemical hazards) unless directly caused by E/E malfunctioning behaviour.

Key topics and requirements

• Establishing and maintaining an organization-level functional safety management system (roles, responsibilities, competency and safety culture).
• Project-specific safety planning and evidence (safety plans, safety cases, verification/validation strategies).
• Management of safety lifecycle activities across concept, system, hardware and software development phases.
• Configuration and change management, anomaly reporting and corrective actions tied to functional safety.
• Requirements for production, operation, service and decommissioning with respect to maintaining functional safety.
• Guidance on tailoring and transition from earlier editions (addresses systems already under development or released for production prior to this edition).

Typical use and users

Used by automotive OEMs, Tier‑1 and Tier‑2 suppliers, system and software architects, functional safety managers, quality and compliance teams, certification bodies and auditors. Typical use cases include establishing organizational safety processes, creating project safety plans and safety cases, defining verification activities, and managing safety-related changes during development and production.

Related standards

ISO 26262 is a multi-part series; closely related parts include Part 1 (Vocabulary), Part 3 (Concept phase), Part 4 (Product development — system level), Part 5 (hardware), Part 6 (software), Part 7 (production, operation, service and decommissioning) and Part 8 (supporting processes), among others. Other relevant standards and frameworks often referenced alongside ISO 26262 include IEC 61508 (generic functional safety), industry guidance documents and national/adopted versions (for example BSI adoptions).

Keywords

automotive functional safety, safety management, ISO 26262, safety lifecycle, safety plan, safety case, verification, configuration management, E/E systems, OEM, supplier.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: ISO 26262-2:2018 is Part 2 of the ISO 26262 series; it specifies requirements for the management of functional safety in the automotive domain, covering organizational and project-specific safety management activities.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers organizational safety management (roles, competence, safety culture), project-level planning and control of safety lifecycle activities, verification/validation planning, change/configuration management, and aspects of production, operation, service and decommissioning as they relate to functional safety.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Automotive manufacturers, suppliers, safety engineers, compliance teams, auditors and certification bodies use this part to define and assess safety management processes and to produce the required safety plans and evidence for safety-related projects.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: ISO 26262-2:2018 is the current 2nd edition published in December 2018; it supersedes ISO 26262-2:2011 (the 2011 edition was withdrawn and replaced by the 2018 edition).

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: Yes — ISO 26262 is a multi-part standard covering the automotive functional safety lifecycle. Part 2 is the Management of functional safety; other parts address vocabulary, concept, system/hardware/software development, supporting processes and lifecycle phases.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Functional safety, management, safety lifecycle, safety case, safety plan, verification, E/E systems, automotive, ISO 26262.