Railway & signalling
The introduction of the new standards has considerable consequences
for manufacturers and operators of safety-relevant railway
systems. For example: safety requirement levels must now be
determined, comprehensive risk analyses must be conducted,
and - last but not least - the focus is now increasingly placed
on the software components of the system to be approved.
The approval procedure with regard to the development, authentication, validation, etc. in compliance with the new CENELEC standards is very different from the approval procedure of a railway application compliant according to previous standards and regulations. In particular, the requirements regarding documentation of the separate activities have increased considerably. In addition, there must be strict organisational delineation between the involved roles (developer, authenticator, validator, assessor, etc.); this forces manufacturers, under certain circumstances, to set up additional organisational divisions.
SQS consults and supports you with designing and implementing all the necessary concepts in your company. The SQS business unit 'Industry + Engineering' can call upon many years of experience with railway systems, signal and communication systems, as well as vehicle systems. We have made a decisive contribution to the success of numerous projects in which application of the new CENELEC standards was required. Of course, we are equally familiar with all other relevant standards (Mü8004, BOStrab, DIN, ISO, IEC, IEEE).
Comprehensive support for your
safety-relevant tasks
We provide comprehensive support for all tasks relevant to
the creation of applications in the railway sector. In particular
this includes:
RAMS management
- Set-up of a RAMS process
- Execution of RAMS activities (e.g. FMEA)
- Preparation of the various safety cases
Validation
- Set-up of a validation process
- Definition and execution of validation activities
- Documentation and evaluation of validation results
Authentication and test management
- Development of test plans
- Set-up of test environments
- Administration of all test-relevant data
- Documentation of traceability
Consulting and support in the assessment process
- Drafting of expert opinions
- Set-up of CENELEC-compliant processes (from RAMS to quality assurance; according to the development process at hand)
- Handling 'COTS' components
- Support with the set-up of internal assessment departments
Requirements engineering
- Creating a suitable requirements engineering process
- Derivation of requirements from existing specification documents
Formal methods
Support/management with regard to introduction of formal
methods
Collaboration on execution of relevant projects
Wide-ranging experience
Our experience, based on numerous international projects,
enables us to help you set up optimum standard-compliant processes.
This profound knowledge enables us to advise you with regard
to creating RAMS, quality, test and development processes.
On the basis of their many years of experience, several of our staff have been certified as expert consultants by the Federal German Railway Authority.
Our experience in the implementation of new technologies (e.g. formal methods) are a key factor in the success of our customers' innovative projects.
Your benefits with SQS
- We have independent experts who are certified as expert consultants by the Federal German Railway Authority.
- Wide-ranging experience in international projects
- You have the option of outsourcing complete processes (e.g. the validation process). We offer you the execution of all necessary activities as a service package.
- Experience gathered in numerous projects enables us to provide consultancy services for the introduction of RAMS, quality, test and development processes.
- Our experience in the realisation of new technologies (e.g. formal methods) are a key factor in the success of our customers' innovative projects.
- Since SQS is a fully independent company, without financial obligations to any major enterprises, we can guarantee neutrality in all our activities.