Tool Management Plan
status: valid
security: YES
safety: ASIL_B
tags: platform_management
realizes: wp__tlm_plan

Tool Management/ Tool Management Plan#

This document implements parts of the wp__platform_mgmt.

Purpose#

The purpose of the Tool Management Plan is to guide the identification, evaluation and, if applicable, the qualification (safe and secure use) of Tools for the S-CORE project.

S-CORE guideline is to use as much as possible Tools for the generation of all required work products. Thus all Tools which will be used as part of the tool chain for the work product generation must be identified, documented and evaluated and if applicable, qualified.

Objectives and Scope#

Tool Management Goals#

  • Tools are identified and documented

  • Tools are evaluated

  • Tools are qualified, if applicable

  • Tool Verification Reports are released

Approach#

Tool Management Overview

Tool Management Attributes#

gd_req__tool_attr_uid are implemented as follows:

Identification#

Each tool is identified by its name or UID and its version, independent where it is located.

The most important tools are stored in one GitHub repository, tooling repository.

But in general Tool can be stored all over the place.

For each Tool the gd_temp__tool_management_verif_rpt_template shall be used to document the relevant information.

gd_chklst__tool_cr_review shall be used to check that all relevant information is considered.

The configuration of tools is part of the Configuration Management Plan (doc__config_mgt_plan).

The output after this stage is the wp__tool_verification_report in status: identified.

Evaluation#

The tool confidence level (TCL) must be determined as outlined in the doc_concept__tool_process.

Step-by-Step guide:

  1. Determine the tool impact

  2. Determine the tool error detection

  3. Determine the tool confidence level

Tool Evaluation

To Step 1

Based on the found malfunctions or threats judge, if any safety or security requirements may violated. If this is the case, determine tool impact to “YES” otherwise to “NO”.

If tool impact is “NO”, continue with 3, otherwise 2.

To Step 2

Based on the malfunctions or threats found, assess whether these can be detected or prevented. Consider also potential safety measures and security controls to increase the detection and prevention of these, if applicable. If there is no guarantee to either detect or prevent these, judge tool error detection to “NO”, otherwise to “YES”.

To Step 3

If tool impact is judged to “YES” and tool error detection judged to “NO”, the tool confidence level is determined to “LOW”, otherwise “HIGH”.

In case the tool confidence level is “LOW”, tool qualification is required.

The output after this stage is the wp__tool_verification_report in status: evaluated.

Qualification#

As method “validation of software tool” is applied.

Specify requirements for the tools purpose and usage in the S-CORE context. Analyze the malfunctions and threats and specify additional safety measures and security controls to increase the prevention and detection of them. Specify test cases and tests to verify the requirements and generate a test report. Update the Tool Verification Report accordingly to document the outcomes.

For the generation of requirements, verification and analyses the existing processes as defined in the wp__platform_mgmt shall be used.

In detail:

The output after this stage is the wp__tool_verification_report in status: qualified.

Approval#

Finally the tool may accepted for the S-CORE project. Thus the Tool Verification Report after this stage is the wp__tool_verification_report in status: released.

If not, the tool is rejected, thus Tool Verification Report after this stage is the wp__tool_verification_report in status: rejected.

Tailoring#

Tailoring of safety activities for confidence in the use of software tools:

The following ISO 26262 defined safety requirements are not relevant for the S-CORE SW platform development, as they are not used:

std_req__iso26262__support_11471, std_req__iso26262__support_11472, std_req__iso26262__support_11473, std_req__iso26262__support_11474, std_req__iso26262__support_11481, std_req__iso26262__support_11482, std_req__iso26262__support_11483

Tool List#

The S-CORE tools overview can be found here: S-CORE Tools Overview