TUE 11th of February

Week 2

• Identify concrete objectives;

• Get acquainted with functional safety and safety analysis.

TUE 25th of February

Week 4

• Get acquainted with ISO 26262;

• Get acquainted with HiP-HOPS.

TUE 11th of March

Week 6

• In-Depth Study of ISO 26262, especially part5;

• How to model safety mechanisms, according to ISO 26262;

• Fault Tree Analysis in ISO 26262 (including safety mechanisms)

TUE 25th of March

Week 8

• ISO 26262 hardware verification methods (hardware metrics).

TUE 8th of April

Week 10

• Selection of an hardware circuit to test the evaluation metrics (the circuit of the hardware example in ISO 26262 - part 5);

• Analysis of the circuit in terms of component failure;

• Failure Model for the circuit, using Matlab Simulink.

TUE 22nd of April

Week 12

• Manual Fault Tree synthesis for the chosen hardware circuit;

• Test of the reached conclusions regarding safety mechanisms modelling  according to ISO 26262;

• Failure annotation for the model, using HiP-HOPS.

TUE 6th of May

Week 14

• Development of a C++ Software to calculate the hardware metrics automatically, from the failure information in the model

TUE 20th of May

Week 16

• Development of a C++ Software to calculate the hardware metrics automatically, from the failure information in the model;

• Comparison of the program's results with the results of the metrics example in ISO 26262 - part 5, annex E.

TUE 3rd of June

Week 18

• Changes to the HiP-HOPS tool, to include safety mechanisms in its fault trees.

TUE 17th of June

Week 20

• Final fixes in the C++ Software and in the changes made to HiP-HOPS;

• Identification of the main topics of the dissertation report.

SUN 29th of June

Week 22

• Conclusion of the Provisional Dissertation.