The Automotive Process Framework (APF) leverages UL Solutions Software Intensive Systems experts' combined know-how and decades of experience to help automotive systems and software manufacturers and suppliers accelerate process rollout.
In its most recent release, we added support for Essential SAFe from Scaled Agile Inc.
APF can help you streamline process definition and rollout through:
- A ready-to-use foundation for the creation of initial processes.
- Extendable process and work product templates, role descriptions and other guidelines to fit your organization’s needs.
- A cohesive process architecture that covers all relevant process standards and best practices (including Automotive SPICE®, safety, security and SAFe).
Improve compliance with standards and best practices
The Automotive Process Framework covers the project scopes of the following standards:
- Automotive SPICE® v4.0 (including Hardware SPICE®).
- Mechanical SPICE® v1.8.
- ISO/SAE 21434:2021 Road Vehicles — Cybersecurity Engineering.
- ISO 26262:2018 Road Vehicles — Functional Safety.
- ISO 21488:2022 — Security of the Intended Functionality (SOTIF).
Become agile and improve standard compliance
APF supports agile practices by including Essential SAFe 6.0, especially focusing on agile ways to perform project and risk management.
Best practices for APF adoption - Deploy early, iterate often
Consider employing an iterative-incremental approach to support adoption of APF at your organization:
- Start with the most critical needs and focus on typical projects.
- Integrate your existing practices, templates, checklists, etc.
- Involve all stakeholders in reviews and approvals.
- Pilot with a few supportive projects as soon as possible.
APF benefits to customers
- Reduces process development time, efforts and costs when compared with creating processes from scratch.
- Provides a neutral framework that can be easily integrated into customers’ existing processes.
- Extensive project coverage and compliance mapping to Automotive SPICE® and other ISO standards.
- Flexibility to create organization-wide standard processes and tailor them to the needs of specific business units and projects.
- Focuses on systems engineering and addresses the needs of complex projects, including mechanical, hardware and software components.
APF Customers
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