AUTOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT – iNTEGRATED RATHER THAN OFF THE SHELF
In automotive E/E development, you encounter numerous – even diverging – expectations, requirements, regulations, standards and activities, for example project management, configuration management on the one hand, Automotive SPICE®, functional safety, cybersecurity, SOTIF, and user experience on the other hand. We integrate all these activities across your product lifecycle, taking into account their perspectives. With 'Automotive integrated Development', you dispose of a blueprint of an integrated E/E development.
INTEGRATED E/E DEVELOPMENT, this MEANS THAT WE…
- Start with the requirements that dictate your area of business to develop concepts that will empower you to fulfil these requirements
- Identify, assess and improve workflows, organisational structures, roles, methods and the resulting company culture – all within context
- Think in terms of business units and departments, involving all stakeholders
- Support staff and provide detailed training
- Assess and take into account different guidelines (even conflicting ones) relating to innovation capabilities, goal orientation, commercial viability, adaptability, durability and maintainability – all within the context of your requirements. To do this, we apply process and reference models such as Automotive SPICE®, and agile methods – always taking the framework conditions such as cybersecurity and functional safety into account.
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PROCEDURAL MODELS, STANDARDS AND METHODS WITHIN AiD
AUTOMOTIVE SPICE®
Automotive SPICE® has become the de facto industry standard for developing automotive electronics. By using this reference model you can systematically improve your processes and assess the status of your projects. To develop mechatronic systems on an integrated basis, there are also extensions for these domains.
AUTOMOTIVE CYBERSECURITY ADHERING TO ISO 21434 AND UNECE
To shield connected vehicles from external attacks and protect vehicle infrastructures, you need to install end-to-end safeguards that address all factors with a bearing on vehicle cybersecurity: the product itself, processes and IT systems.
FUNCTIONAL SAFETY ADHERING TO ISO 26262
Applying the principles of functional safety allows you to avoid malfunctions occurring in electronic systems that might have a bearing on vehicle safety and present a hazard to people. ISO 26262:2018 is the recognised method for doing this.
AUTOMOTIVE AGILE
Agility refers to the ability of a company to adapt to changing parameters in such a way that it is always ready to react if there is a change in customer requirements. We help you become agile, step by step.
To improve software quality, we support Volkswagen with process improvements in its supplier network.
Numerous process specialists at Kugler Maag Cie are now official Volkswagen-certified Software Quality Leaders (SQIL). This allows them to support VW suppliers as independent advisors on process optimisations.
Systems engineering in conjunction with software, hardware and mechanical development: In this pocket guide, you will find all the key processes you need for the integrated and coordinated development of mechatronic systems in ground vehicles.
Ten lessons you can learn as a manager from sport. Our management consultant Steve Tengler offers a unique combination of experience, not only based on his time in management but also his voluntary work coaching young people engaging in sport. The result: 10 fascinating lessons of management.
ASSESSMENTS, AUDITS AND GAP ANALYSIS
To lay a foundation for your decision-making, we assess how well positioned you are with respect to a variety of key questions. To do this, we offer you a number of formal assessments, audits and appraisals for Automotive SPICE®, functional safety and CMMI®. We can also conduct quick checks, gap analysis and stocktaking exercises focusing on the requirements of automotive and business capabilities such as agility. We will show you how your unit, department or company compares to the competition. This allows you to understand the changes you will need to make to adhere to new or changing requirements.
We perform Functional Safety Assessments (FSA) as an inspection body. For this purpose, we were audited by the German National Accreditation Body, DAkkS, and successfully accredited as a type C inspection body.
TRAINING AND COACHING SERVICES
Competent and motivated people are the key to successful implementation. We offer fast-track training and coaching services to allow your people to acquire specialist knowledge and the skills they will require to implement improvements as part of front-line projects. Our coaching services provide valuable support during times of transformation, ensuring that changes gain acceptance and are lived out and believed in during projects.
- Integrated improvement programmes in every area of the development function in your business, from a team level to the entire business unit – linking throughout to the supply chain
- Individual concepts for your organisational structures and workflows, ensuring everything is a good fit with the requirements of and within your company
- Methods based on different models, not only building on personal experience including best practices, but also meeting industry standards
- Assessments, audits and evaluations aimed at understanding the current status within your development functions
- Training and coaching sessions to allow your employees to apply the required know-how to deal with actual situations encountered in business
