Automotive quality and project management (ASPICE)
Brief description
The training program is intended for engineers who need to transition to the automotive industry and understand the strict development workflow required for formal certification, with focus on software. The program consists of a theoretical and practical, hands-on part working on actual automotive-relevant project management and tracking tools. The program brings the essential understanding of automotive quality as a prerequisite for functional safety management. The key concept of the training is to bring an understanding of why quality, process, and project management are basics for producing safety-critical systems. From the introduction till the end of the course participants will learn how to grow quality culture and ensure organizational strength by using a specific quality measurement framework. Furthermore, the course will bring the importance of processes and procedures, the connection between safety and quality management, project management process thru automotive recommendations and standards. At the end of the course focus will be given to assessment procedures in order to ensure a deep understanding of how assessments are held in the automotive industry as requested by the majority of OEMs.
TBC
Online
Novi Sad
30 Online
30 Contacts
1200 Euros
Dragana Djordjevic-Cegar received the BSc and MSc degrees in electrical and computer engineering with focus on communication and information technology, from the Electronic Faculty, University of Niš, Serbia in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Dr. Đorđević Čegar also received PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering with focus on artificial intelligence from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia in 2021. While working on PhD she was part of Quaint community tightly collaborating with several Universities such as Polytechnic University of Nantes, EPFL, NTNU, Vrije Universiteit Brussel etc.
Dragana Đorđević-Čegar is the Global Manager Quality Customer Programs and QMS at the TTTech Automotive; Licensed intact Provisional Assessor ASPICE and Instructor at the University of California San Diego. The primary industry focus of Dr. Đorđević Čegar is how to deliver software quality in automotive embedded safety systems, establishment of automated software quality metrics and implementation of AI in automotive software industry. As Provisional Assessor and responsible for Quality Customer Programs and QMS she was actively preparing, driving and participating in ASPICE, ISO 26262, Cybersecurity and ISO 9001,14001, 27001 etc. audits and assessments. Thru her career as Automotive Software Quality Manager she participated and ensured quality of delivery to VW group OEMs, AutoEver (Hyundai), SAIC motors, BMW etc.
Objectives of the program
The goals of the program are to train people to:
- Understand quality management in the company and on projects and its importance;
- Comprehend process landscape and the role of processes in the automotive industry;
- Familiarize with the important quality standards, such as ISO 9001 and ASPICE;
- Understand assessments and appraisals in auditing with regard to capability levels;
- Understand and be able to conduct basic project management practice with the allocation of the appropriate processes with emphasis on practices in automotive, emphasizing on change and escalation management;
- Understand the integrated planning, and the role of Safety Plan, Quality Assurance Plan or Configuration
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Platforms;
- Management Plan within the Overall Project Plan;
- Comprehend the principles of a project-oriented organization for the safety-relevant area, with a clear distinction between organizational risks and safety risks in the automotive industry
Who Should Participate?
The target group of training in the field of automotive project management and quality are engineers who completed basic level of study in any engineering major and need to pursue the transition to the automotive industry.
Course in details
Quality Management Explained: The lecture includes an explanation of what is quality management, why we need quality management, organizational strength triangle, quality dimensions and disciplines, main principles of Quality Management System (ISO 9001), key characteristics, and how PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle works. The lecture includes the exercise of defining corrective actions in the PDCA register as a key concept of continuous improvement project management.
Day 1:
(2 onsite/online classes, 2 async classes)
Quality Management and Processes: Understanding how quality is connected with processes and safety management. The lecture explains the differentiation between processes and procedures. The key aspect of the lecture is to understand Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Activity Indicators (KAIs) as an important tool for measuring the processes while acting as quality, safety, or project manager. Defining effective KPIs is part of the exercise.
Day 2:
(2 onsite/online classes, 2 async classes)
Introduction of Automotive SPICE: The lecture is opening the introduction of Unit 2 and summarize the basic concept of measurement frameworks with specific insights on how it is done thru ASPICE (ISO 15504) recommendation as the widely used.
Day 3:
(2 onsite/online classes, 2 async classes)
MAN.3 Project management: The main aspect of this lecture is to introduce the management process thru the ASPICE framework including best practices and work products mandatory to fulfill ASPICE Level 1 and BPs. It will include Generic practices on Levels 2 and 3.
Day 4:
(2 onsite/online classes, 2 async classes)
Supporting processes: Going thru Quality Assurance, Configuration Management, Problem Resolution, Change Request Management the students will learn basic practices, outcomes, and generic practices of the supporting processes.
Day 5:
(2 onsite/online classes, 2 async classes)
(2 onsite/online classes, 2 async classes)
Engineering processes Testing: will demonstrate traceability and basic practices of system, software, and unit testing on all levels. After this lecture students will be capable to connect all processes on the right side of the V model together with the right side.
Day 7:
(2 onsite/online classes, 2 async classes)
Consultation will be used for non-answered questions of units 1 and 2 as well as preparation for Project 1.
Day 8:
(1 onsite/online classes)
In Project 1 students will try to apply knowledge from ASPICE processes by using major “customer” Change Request. The project will include change requests thru the whole V model including project management.
Days 9-11:
(10 async classes)
Day 12:
(2 onsite/online classes, 2 async classes)
(2 onsite/online classes, 2 async classes)
(2 onsite/online classes, 2 async classes)
Consultation will be used for non-answered questions of Unit 3 as well as preparation for Project 2.
Day 15:
(1 onsite/online classes)
In Project 2 students will try to apply knowledge from ASPICE PAM and prepare the assessment report for the arranged scenario.
Days 16-20:
(8 async classes)
Duration: 1 hour