Automotive Requirements Engineering - Introduction

Project team members in the automotive industry are often challenged by the analysis and management of requirements. This course offers participants an overview of the requirements engineering for OEMs and suppliers. It particularly focuses on industry-specific challenges.

Participants will receive insights about the quality criteria for requirements - particularly focusing on the analysis and specification of those requirements.They will learn about techniques, methods and tools to efficiently specify, document, review, assess and manage requirements. Examples and exercises from the project practice deepen the knowledge in these methods and techniques.

Contents

• Basics, Introduction and Motivation
• Requirements Specification and Analysis
  • Types of Requirements Sources
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • System, System Context and Boundaries
  • Techniques and Methods for Requirements Specification
• Requirements Documentation
  • Iterative Development
  • Requirements Classification
  • Quality Criteria of Requirements and Requirement Documents
  • Structuring of Requirement Documents
  • Attribution of Requirements
• Requirements Specification
  • Traceability
  • Validation Techniques and Methods
• Bundling of Requirements
  • Consolidation of Requirements
  • Conflict Resolution Techniques for Requirements
• Requirements Management and Functional Safety (ISO 26262)
  • Overview of Standard-specific Challenges regarding Requirements Management

Target audience

• Requirements Manager, Systems and Software Analyst (Systems Engineer), Software Architect, Project Manager, Principal, Quality Manager

Prerequisites

• None