PCP R&D Process Updates Q2-2025 with safety evaluation
Changes to the PCP R&D Process website and OnePCP DMS templates in Q2-2025.
Changes to the safety handbook reference list Q2-2025.
New pages
New Work Product traceability guide
2025-06-24, Nicolas Martin-Vivaldi (PR-64926)
Main changes
- New guide added
Changed pages
Owner: Configuration Management Team
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Safety Impact: Low or None
Guideline for non-Safety development. 3BSE067721 ABB Approach to IEC 61508 Traceability shall be followed for safety development.
New How-to Perform Supplier Ex audits
2025-04-09, Dietmar Overhoff (PR-61454)
Main changes
- New Guide How-to Perform Supplier Ex audits
Changed pages
Owner: Explosion Protection Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Ex guideline.
New Guide How-to Perform Internal Ex Trainings
2025-04-09, Dietmar Overhoff (PR-61455)
Main changes
- New Guide How-to Perform Internal Ex Trainings
Changed pages
Owner: Explosion Protection Team
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Safety Impact: Low or None
Ex training guide.
Major changes
Updated requirement structure guide
2025-06-30, Nicolas Martin-Vivaldi (PR-64980)
Main changes
- Rewrite of Agile requirement structure
Changed pages
Owner: Requirements Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
This guideline is for non-safety development. For safety 3BSE080908 Working with requirements in TFS and 3BSE082892 Configuration Change Control in ADO (Scrum) shall be followed as all safety requirements still stored in TFS.
Revise to remove overlaps in Updated quality-control-manager.md
2025-06-30, Catherine-HongJuan Fang (PR-64448)
Main changes
- Revise QCM responsibilities to remove overlap description in items
Changed pages
Owner: TBD
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Safety Impact: Low or None
Role description for Quality Control Manager has been restructured, no major content change.
Update FS related Certification strategy
2025-06-27, Chao Xia (PR-64164)
Main changes
- Add a new chapter ' FS related Certification update process'
Changed pages
Owner: Functional Safety Team
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Safety Impact: High
Guideline updated to track Functional Safety certificate status, see chapter Incremental check for update needs. Concept has been aligned with TUV.
Updated DoR and DoD
2025-06-18, Nicolas Martin-Vivaldi (PR-63981)
Main changes
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Added examples to DoR for Epic and features (different types)
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Added examples to DoD for Epic and features (architecture/design and capabilities)
Changed pages
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DoD--Epic.md
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DoD--Feature.md
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DoR--Epic.md
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DoR--Feature.md
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Guideline for quality control of the work items in ADO Cloud, not applicable for safety yet as all safety development is running currently in TFS instead of ADO services.
409350 - Update the How to create Software How to guide with "Removal" of safety section
2025-06-12, Goutham Jain (PR-64294)
Main changes
@Chengyu Huang Please review this pull request for the changes i did with the How-to Create Software in Decision Focus | PCP R&D QMS to How-to Create Software Use in Decision Focus | PCP R&D QMS.
Changed pages
Owner: 3rd-party and OSS Team
Owner: 3rd-party and OSS Team
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Safety Impact: High
Safety tool assessment description is moved from How-to Create Software in Decision Focus to How-to-Create-Software-Use-in-Decision-Focus. Main reason is a 3rd party Software can be used to support both safety and non-safety development, but the safety tool assessment is only needed when a Software is to be used to support safety related development, i.e. only need to be considered when creating a Software Use instead of a Software in Decision Focus.
Removed IPM process from PCP R&D QMS
2025-06-11, Per Branger (PR-62094)
Main changes
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IPM removed from process overview picture
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The IPM process description was removed
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The "Program Process" (intermediate page) updated
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Link to PMO's IPM page added under "process teams"
Changed pages
Owner: TBD
Related work items
Safety Impact: Medium
Responsibility/Ownership of the Integrated Project Management process moved from PCP R&D to PCP PMO. Communication session to be planned in October.
Process Guardian
2025-06-09, Daniela De Vincenzi (PR-64096)
Main changes
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Process Guardians description in Governance
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Process Guardians tasks in Process Owner role
Changed pages
Owner: Core Team
Owner: TBD
Related work items
Safety Impact: Medium
Azure DevOps will send automatic Emails to process guardians when a pull request for QMS update is created. Process guardians should review the updates and take necessary decisions. This is to add addtional control to the QMS updates. Concept has been aligned with TUV.
Added information about history on markdown files
2025-05-21, Per Branger (PR-63357)
Main changes
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Added information about the history of markdown files in "details," as requested in PCR
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Changed the content using the "how-to" guide template
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Added image from ADO on how to make a branch
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Added summary about ADO and Git
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Updated the workflow image
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Spell and grammar checks
Changed pages
Owner: Process Core Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: High
Instruction on how to update process webpage including the safety part. Note the updated guideline mentions about a risk of losing the revision history of markdown files when renaming the file. The solution is to use the git mv command instead of other methods, check chapter Details for more information.
Updated intellectual property principles and summary
2025-04-16, Per Branger (PR-61943)
Main changes
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Summary updated
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Principles updated
Changed pages
Owner: Intellectual Property Team
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Safety Impact: Low or None
Process for intellectual property, no impact on safety.
Cyber Security review - from PR60936
2025-04-14, Matteo Sommariva (PR-61838)
Main changes
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Cyber Security review and modifications
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Copy of PR60936 to the correct repo
Changed pages
Owner: Software Development Team
Owner: Software Development Team
Owner: TBD
Owner: Software Development Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
This update is related to cyber security review. For safety Specific Code Review Guideline for Control (Git) and 3BSE052207 Review Process Guideline should be used.
Added AV additional metrics to R&D Quality KPIs
2025-04-04, Daniela De Vincenzi (PR-61419)
Main changes
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Added AV additional metrics to R&D Quality KPIs
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AV metrics page has been hidden
Changed pages
Owner: Quality and KPI Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Quality metrics updates to include
- system integration test automation coverage
- security vulnerability follow up
- bug answering time
- critical, high severity and priority 1 bug handling in timely manner
- bug leakage from development
General metrics applicable for both safety and non-safety development, monitored by Quality Control Manager.
Minor changes
Updated the Flow chart for 414547 & 414546
2025-06-28, Goutham Jain (PR-65159)
Main changes
- This PR is to update the changes raised for updating the below guides
The changes done were in the flowchart by removing the bug bar details, and adding Acceptable and Unacceptable details, also removed bug bar from the Abbreviation on the right hand side of the flowchart diagram
Updated the Templafy ID of the risk analysis questionnaire in the guide.
Changed pages
Owner: 3rd-party and OSS Team.
Owner: 3rd-party and OSS Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
General instruction for both safety and non-safety. This change is mainly initiated by cyber security process requirements.
Fixing link to secure coding guideline page
2025-06-26, Matteo Sommariva (PR-65089)
Main changes
- Fixing link to secure coding guideline page (was pointing to C guideline)
Changed pages
Owner: Software Development Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Removing section about the bug bar
2025-06-26, Matteo Sommariva (PR-64794)
Main changes
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Removing section about the bug bar since the severity of our security bugs are defined in the guide Bug Classification.
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Fixing Issue 422529
Changed pages
Owner: Software Development Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Handling of secure coding.
Requirement guides split
2025-06-26, Nicolas Martin-Vivaldi (PR-64979)
Main changes
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Epic and feature guides split into separate guides
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Most content is maintained, some new examples and state machine added
Changed pages
Owner: Requirements Team
Owner: Requirements Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
How to work with Epics and Features in Azure DevOps cloud. Not applicable for safety yet as safety working mainly with TFS for now. Safety requirments will be considered during ADO migration.
Minor changes to Cyber Security page and guides
2025-06-19, Birthe Shelton (PR-64449)
Main changes
- Cyber Security process page
- Clarified text in section Cyber Security Assessment/Applicability
- Corrected incorrect name in a link in section L4 and Maintenance section
- Replaced a link in the section Digital Code signing to point to the new Code signing guide.
- Restructured a sentence about when to review threat models.
- Cyber Security In User Documentation:
- Added text to SG-2
- Added text to SG-6
- Cyber Security Assessment
- Clarified text in sections When and What
Changed pages
Owner: Cyber Security Team
Owner: Cyber Security Team
Owner: Cyber Security Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Cyber Security guideline updates.
Several minor updates
2025-06-13, Christer R. Larsson (PR-64450)
Main changes
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How To Handle Software Vulnerabilities: Ingress: Corrected broken links (Field Communication) and Remediation (Security Advisory/Notification). Activities: Added a clarification that was lost for the flowchart concerning timeline for Remediation, marked with *.
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How To Handle Product Issue: Updated drawing with a new icon and description for the first activity: Create a PIN -> Identify a PIN. Changed titel from section "Create..." -> "Identify a PIN" and added the sentence "An existing PIN may also be identified to require maintenance, as described in Prepare a product issue."
Changed pages
Owner: L4 and Maintenance Team
Owner: L4 and Maintenance Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Updated broken links
2025-06-05, Christer R. Larsson (PR-64095)
Main changes
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Updated links to https://abb-is-000650.nmea.abb.com/pcp2/docs/Guides/L4-and-Maintenance/How-To-Handle-Software-Vulnerabilities/ .
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2PAA2024-115317 Root Cause Analysis
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3BUL980146 Writing and Publishing Field Communications
See Issue 399142: Broken links for additional information on the properties of the documents linked
Added Elisa Costa in the L4 & Maintenance process team
Changed pages
Owner: L4 and Maintenance Team
Owner: TBD
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Updates to references on Cyber Security pages
2025-06-05, Birthe Shelton (PR-64009)
Main changes
- Cyber Security.md:
- Added reference to Vulnerability training under L4 and Maintenance
- Added reference to How-to Initiate a Project under Release (The guide currently belongs to Integrated Process management, but is planned to be moved to Release). Per and I agreed that it would be ok to add the reference now.
- Cyber Security Assessment.md:
- Removed obsolete links
- Added reference to process for requesting Exceptions
- Cyber Security Course Path:
- Removed redundant link.
Changed pages
Owner: Cyber Security Team
Owner: Cyber Security Team
Owner: Cyber Security Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Update of OpEx SteCo on process page
2025-06-04, Per Branger (PR-64162)
Main changes
- Chengyu was removed from the OpEx Steering Committee, on the process teams page
Changed pages
Owner: TBD
Related work items
Safety Impact: Medium
Corrected information, FSM Manager Stefano Lanata is listed as OpEx SteCo, Chengyu is Safety process owner as a tempory replacement for Josefin Henriksen.
Updated How-to-Handle-Vulnerabilities-in-3rd-Party-Software.md
2025-06-04, Goutham Jain (PR-64134)
Main changes
- @Birthe Shelton Updated the Introduction of the how to guide, as per the description of the issue 373798. Please approve this pull request after review.
In case, there any changes to be done in the How to guide, we will handle it with a different PCR.
Changed pages
Owner: 3rd-party and OSS Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Minor update on purpose description of this guideline. No major content change.
Remove revisions from comment to Cyber Security Assessment tools
2025-05-30, Daniela De Vincenzi (PR-63921)
Main changes
- remove revisions from comments to Cyber Security Assessment tools
Changed pages
Owner: Core Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Cyber security updates.
Update of conceptual guides
2025-05-23, Stefan Alfredsson (PR-63463)
Main changes
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Language corrections, based on Grammarly.
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Structure and terminology changes based on QMS style guide.
Changed pages
Owner: L4 and Maintenance Team
Owner: Release Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Updated links in SonarQube guide
2025-05-22, Per Branger (PR-62703)
Main changes
- Links updated in SonarQube guide
Changed pages
Owner: Software Development Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Fixed broken links for safety process and guidelines
2025-05-22, Chengyu Huang (PR-63435)
Main changes
- Fixed broken links for the safety process and guidelines
Changed pages
Owner: Functional Safety Team
Owner: Functional Safety Team
Owner: Functional Safety Team
Owner: Software Development Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Medium
Formality updates on the safety related process pages.
Small changes to Cyber Security page
2025-05-22, Birthe Shelton (PR-62751)
Main changes
- Cyber Security.md
Feature 367597: Cyber Security.md - Update section Secure Coding
Reduced the text in section Secure Coding.
Feature 367586: Cyber Security.md - Add details about Security testing
Added section Security Analysis and Testing under SW Development and modified content underneath.
Added some text under section Component, product and system tests.
Linked to the old Testing Guideline until the new guide is ready.
Issue 396487: Cyber Security.md Correct link to Writing and Publishing Field Communications - changed to customized link
Software-Vulnerabilities-and-Threats.md
Issue 357634: Add reference to Vulnerability training in the guide
Added references to Vulnerability training.
Changed pages
Owner: Cyber Security Team
Owner: Cyber Security Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Minor update on cyber security process description.
Updates of (more) conceptual guides
2025-05-06, Per Branger (PR-62674)
Main changes
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Updates with regard to QMS style guide and language.
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Added references to other guides where applicable.
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A few uncertainties straightened out (after discussion with Mårten S).
Changed pages
Owner: Software Development Team
Owner: Software Development Team
Owner: Software Development Team
Owner: Software Development Team
Owner: Software Development Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Correction of link
2025-05-06, Christer Wibom (PR-62432)
Main changes
- Correction of link
Changed pages
Owner: Configuration Management Team
Owner: Configuration Management Team
Owner: Configuration Management Team
Owner: Configuration Management Team
Owner: Configuration Management Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Update of conceptual guides
2025-04-30, Per Branger (PR-62446)
Main changes
- Updates with regard to QMS style guide and language
Changed pages
Owner: Software Development Team
Owner: Software Development Team
Owner: Software Development Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Updated handling of epics
2025-04-28, Nicolas Martin-Vivaldi (PR-62427)
Main changes
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Epic length commented
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Use case
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Iteration path, further reading link
Changed pages
This update is overwritten by subsequent changes Requirement guides split on 2025-06-26. See Above.
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Updates on non-safety guideline.
Updated 3rd-Party-and-OSS.md
2025-04-22, Goutham Jain (PR-62282)
Main changes
@Birthe Shelton Based on your comments in the issue 121253, for RACI being fine, I have updated the .md file accordingly for the title of the document and description. Kindly approve the same.
Changed pages
Owner: 3rd-party and OSS Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Minor update on description of security artifacts.
Added Chengyu as co PRO - FS Team
2025-04-15, Daniela De Vincenzi (PR-61623)
Main changes
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Summary updated
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Principles updated
Changed pages
Owner: TBD
Related work items
Safety Impact: Medium
Temorary assignment during Josefin Henriksen's maternity leave.
Updated DMS reference in process team page
2025-04-14, Daniela De Vincenzi (PR-61716)
Main changes
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OnePCP DMS replacing New DMS
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David Michel removed
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Mateusz Oldak removed
Changed pages
Owner: TBD
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Information of DMS and DMS team member updated.
Updated the refresh time for Quality dashboard
2025-04-11, Daniela De Vincenzi (PR-61841)
Main changes
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Updated the refresh time
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Updated and rephrased current limitations
Changed pages
Owner: Quality and KPI Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Refresh time for quality dashboard (monitored by QCM) updated. No impact on safety.
Updated broken links in the Vulnerability handling How to process
2025-04-10, Christer R. Larsson (PR-61672)
Main changes
- Updated links in References
- 2PAA124139 Cyber Security Notification (template) - correct Templafy location
- 3BSE071315 Cyber Security Advisory (template) - correct Templafy location
- 2PAA2024-115317 Root Cause Analysis - was broken
- Updated link in Notifications, in step 4, was broken
Changed pages
Owner: L4 and Maintenance Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Updated 2 files under /docs/Guides/Quality-and-KPI/Pictures
2025-04-09, Catherine-HongJuan Fang (PR-61208)
Main changes
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State color used for graphs based on state (always sort by label –> ascending)
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Colors used for graphs based on severity (always sort by label –> ascending)
Changed pages
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
fix: links for requirements and additional templates under L4 Updated List-of
2025-04-01, Catherine-HongJuan Fang (PR-61212)
Main changes
- links update for requirements template and additional templates used for L4&Maintenance
Changed pages
Owner: Core Team
Related work items
Safety Impact: Low or None
Formality update.
Document Template Updates
| Name | Safety Impact | Document ID | Revision | Lifecycle Status | Approval Date |
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| 7PAA004621F_en_TPF Safety Tool Selection Report.docx | High | 7PAA004621F | D | Approved | 2025-06-27 |
| 3BSE028024_Checklist_for_Reviews.docx | High | 3BSE028024 | AA | Approved | 2025-06-23 |
| 7PAA002807_en_TPF Environmental Type Test Description - Mechanical.docx | High | 7PAA002807 | A | Approved | 2025-06-23 |
| 7PAA018940_en_TPF Environmental Type Test Description - Climate_Insulation.docx | High | 7PAA018940 | A | Approved | 2025-06-23 |
| 7PAA002876_en_TPF Environmental Type Test Description - Corrosive Gases (G3).docx | High | 7PAA002876 | A | Approved | 2025-06-23 |
| 7PAA018976_en_TPF Environmental Type Test Description - EMC.docx | High | 7PAA018976 | A | Approved | 2025-06-23 |
| 7PAA019358 Risk Analysis Questionnaire for 3rd party components.xlsx | Low or None | 7PAA019358 | A | Approved | 2025-06-17 |
| 3BSE014445 Development Overview Statement.docx | Low or None | 3BSE014445 | L | Approved | 2025-06-16 |
| 2PAA121443_en_TPF Gate Gx Presentation.pptx | Medium | 2PAA121443 | F | Approved | 2025-06-09 |
| 2PAA121438_en_TPF Project Status Update - STECO Meeting.pptx | Medium | 2PAA121438 | E | Approved | 2025-06-09 |
| 7PAA015539_en_TPF Milestone Mx Presentation.pptx | Medium | 7PAA015539 | B | Approved | 2025-06-09 |
| 7PAA014732_en_TPF PAPCP Template for Policy, Process, Instruction or Guideline.pptx | Low or None | 7PAA014732 | B | Approved | 2025-06-02 |
| 7PAA011546_en_TPF PAPCP Template for Policy, Process, Instruction or Guideline.docx | Low or None | 7PAA011546 | B | Approved | 2025-05-26 |
| 7PAA020113_en_TPF Template for Sub-Page Navigation section.pptx | Low or None | 7PAA020113 | A | Approved | 2025-05-26 |
| 2PAA104551_en_TPF Review record.xlsm | High | 2PAA104551 | Q | Approved | 2025-05-22 |
| 7PAA016525_en_TPF Base Template.pptx | Low or None | 7PAA016525 | B | Approved | 2025-05-20 |
| 3BSE056640_en_TPF Description of Function SW (EA and Scribe).docx | High | 3BSE056640 | H | Approved | 2025-05-13 |
| Risk Register.xlsx | Low or None | 2PAA121462 | E | Approved | 2025-04-29 |
| 3BSE071315_en_TPF Cyber Security Advisory.docx | Low or None | 3BSE071315 | G | Approved | 2025-04-25 |
| 7PAA019037_en OnePCP DMS Template Management.docx | Medium | 7PAA019037 | A | Approved | 2025-04-25 |
| 7PAA003088_en_TPF Quality Plan.docx | High | 7PAA003088 | F | Approved | 2025-04-24 |
| 3BSE039313_en_TPF Names on RACI.xlsx | High | 3BSE039313 | Y | Approved | 2025-04-08 |
| 7PAA016323_en_TPF Product Classification Conclusion Report template.xlsm | Low or None | 7PAA016323 | C | Approved | 2025-04-04 |
| 7PAA016324_en_TPF Decision Flow Template.xlsx | Low or None | 7PAA016324 | C | Approved | 2025-04-04 |
| 3BSE044948_en_TPF Light Classification Report Template.docx | Low or None | 7PAA016327 | B | Approved | 2025-04-04 |
| 2PAA123721D1_en_TPF Declaration concerning Export Control 3rd party SW.docx | Low or None | 2PAA123721D1 | A | Approved | 2025-04-04 |
Explanation on safety related template updates
Content updates
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7PAA003088_en_TPF Quality Plan.docx
- PCR 376735: Updated KPIs to add quality metrics and PCR 362556 Add reference to Safety handbook
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3BSE042061 Environmental Type Test Description template is split into 4 new ETTD templates
- 7PAA002807_en_TPF Environmental Type Test Description - Mechanical
- 7PAA018940_en_TPF Environmental Type Test Description - Climate_Insulation
- 7PAA002876_en_TPF Environmental Type Test Description - Corrosive Gases (G3)
- 7PAA018976_en_TPF Environmental Type Test Description - EMC.
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New ETTD review checklist is added to 3BSE028024_Checklist_for_Reviews.docx
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7PAA019037_en OnePCP DMS Template Management.docx
- It is a process document to define how to manage DMS templates in OnePCP DMS
Formality updates, no content change:
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7PAA004621F_en_TPF Safety Tool Selection Report.docx
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3BSE056640_en_TPF Description of Function SW (EA and Scribe).docx
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2PAA104551_en_TPF Review record.xlsm
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3BSE039313_en_TPF Names on RACI.xlsx (updates already shared with TUV in Q1.)
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2PAA121443_en_TPF Gate Gx Presentation.pptx
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2PAA121438_en_TPF Project Status Update - STECO Meeting.pptx
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7PAA015539_en_TPF Milestone Mx Presentation.pptx
Note:
Safety impact metadata is not selected in some templates, this will be fixed via PCR: Issue 519190 Select Safety impact tag for new ETTD templates.
Updates of safety processes from safety handbook reference list
| Name | Safety Impact | Document ID | Revision | Lifecycle Status | Approval Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3BSE058012_en_How_to_fill_in_the_Safety_Impact_Analysis_Questions.docx | High | 3BSE058012 | C | Approved | 2025-06-24 |
| R&D and Technology - Project Execution Deliverables and Milestone Tracker.xlsm | High | 2PAA121451 | K | Approved | 2024-09-12 |
Explanation on safety related process updates
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3BSE058012_en_How_to_fill_in_the_Safety_Impact_Analysis_Questions
- Manually moved to new template. A few minor typos corrected. Updated after full formal review according to 3BSE058012-RR
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2PAA121451 R&D and Technology - Project Execution Deliverables and Milestone Tracker.xlsm replaces the 2PAA105460R3000 R and D Milestone Checklist.xltm, 2PAA105460R3000 R and D Milestone Checklist.xltm is withdrawn.
Recorded demos
- See process demos for an overview of all performed demos.
and also added the link to ECN, ECCN list provided by Olga's team in the How to add software guide.