PCP R&D Process Updates Q2-2023

Changes to the process website and OnePoint documents in Q2-2023.

Process Website Updates

• See the changelog for details.

New website layout

• See the New Website Layout

New pages

• Components - Approved Manufacturer List (AML) (784df50)

  • Added information about "Approved Manufacturer List (AML)"

• Cyber Security Assessment (c82bfb0)

  • Added information about "Cyber Security Assessments"

• Production Package (74e3f85)

  • New "Production Package" guide

• Software Vulnerability Handling (420e470)

  • New "Vulnerability Handling" Process

• Engineering Service Request (ESR) vs Engineering Change Order (ECO) (eeca6ea)

  • Explained "ECO vs ESR"

• Intellectual Property (4604be2)

  • Added "Intellectual Property" process

• How-to Handle Deferred bugs (dc9855d)

  • Added "Bug Deferring" guide

• Baselining Work Items (9df7a37)

  • Added how to baseline work items

• Standard Bug Template (e4d2aad)

  • Standard bug template fields

• System Test Entry and Exit Criteria (7912b1a)

  • Added System Test entry/exit criteria (SIT, pre-ST, ST)

• Baselines (6d326ba)

  • Added high-level baseline guide

• HW Certifications (a29a56b)

  • A new description of HW Certifications

• Document Management (3c7b7a8)

  • Added short information that PCP Operations are responsible for DM and its processes
  • Removed OpenText guides since OpenText will be closed in Sep 2023.

• Component Test guides added (af13a1d)

  • Component Test Overview
  • Performance Testing
  • Suggested Frameworks

Updated pages

• Safety Engineer, FSM Manager (5fc13c6) (ca7cc8c)

  • Removing the Safety Assurance Person impacted on Safety Engineer and Functional Safety Manager.
  • Competencies section added

• Functional Safety (2b841c5), (b8d3d77)

  • Clarification that safety development is only allowed in PCP R&D. External components must either be pre-qualified or certified within the PCP R&D QMS.
  • Updated safety team description

• Cyber Security (062a8a5), (9fc11b7), (6a23285), (e2ac77e)

  • Added information about Cyber Security training for roles.

  • Added reference to 3rd-party "How to create supplier in DFN"

  • Added information that ABB Cyber Security Standards are mandatory.

  • Moved responsibility of bug handling from Quality to Configuration Management.

  • "Defect handling" changed to "Bug handling"

  • Clarified "Cyber Security Assessment" activity

• Quality and KPI (b14a620)

  • Bug information moved from the Quality process to the Configuration Management process.

• Certifications (35657e9)

  • Updated references to the new Safety certificate.

• Hardware Development (a0bebc1)

  • Updates of HW artifact table; "Component Specification", "Product Approval", and "Product Package".

• How to Perform Threat Modeling (b6d1824)

  • Updates of "threat definition", "risk assessment" and "validate mitigations"

• How to work with Epics and Features (5fa8caa) (44b10f0)

  • Update on how to manage security-related epics and features
  • Overview picture updated
  • Clarifications on how to review, approve, DoD, DoR, etc.

• External Interfaces (17dbb92)

  • Added information about the "Quality Forum" with PCP and PA divisions

• Process Training Guide (5977095), (7fd6fbf)

  • Added information that the "Project Description and Plan" and "CM-Plan" identify training needs.

  • Local line management is responsible for the training of employees, mentoring, and follow-up

• How to work with System Architecture Epics and Features (213e61b)

  • Added information about architectural requirements and epics

• Process Governance (cab659e)

  • Objectives, principles, SteCo, Process Owner, Quality Control Manager, escalation, etc.

• Process Teams (2459e3a)

  • Added OpEx Management Team

• Expired Pages (eeb0195)

  • Clarified periodic checks must be done on pages older than 3 years (36 months)

• How to create PCR (256249c)

  • Removed the detailed explanation of high/medium/low priority on PCRs.

• Test Process (72ccc44)

  • Added information that unit/component tests are part of SW/HW processes
  • Changed "Test Plan" to "Test Strategy"

• List of Document Templates (1370c90), (005e7b2), (f4dd803)

  • "Samples approval checklist" (HW)
  • "Engineering Service Request" (HW)
  • The clarified rollup checklist also is valid for (safety) certified corrections
  • Classified legacy templates

Minor updates on pages

• Functional Safety (1f008c2)

  • Added reference to 3BSE0064628
  • Spell check updates

• Cyber Security in User Documentation (03280b3)

  • Minor changes in the introduction.

• Cyber Security (f352135), (83e5cba)

  • "Defect Management" changed to "Bug Management"

  • Moved "Cyber Security Assessment" activity from "Quality" to "Cyber Security"

• L4 and Maintenance (f5db27a)

  • "Product Defect" changed to "L4 Bug"
  • Added reference to "Software Vulnerability Handling"

• Glossary (3814dda), (3ba4097)

  • Glossary updated for "Baseline", "Build", "Verification", and "Validation"

  • Exclude "Glossary" from PDF file

• Process Governance (1355825)

  • Removed "Process Artifacts" RACI (moved to "Quality")

• How to manage bugs (b9d86fb)

  • Added reference to "Deferred Bugs"

• Process Owner (508adc9)

  • "He/she" changed to "the process owner"

• How to create PCR (1e4452c)

  • Spell check updates

• DoD/DoR Guide (7aa8c5c)

  • Changes location of DoD/DoR markdown files

• How to work with Epics and Features (25c4fdc)

  • DoD/DoR included from common markdown files

• Configuration Management Process (383a01b)

  • Added reference to Functional Safety from the CM process page
  • Artifact table updates

• Quality Process (b91d7cf)

  • RACI for PCR updated in artifact table

• List of Document Templates (5f9f993), (8aeabd6), (69fd9ed), (06140fc)

  • Updated formatting of a table

  • Added links to Cyber Security Templates

  • Removed reference to MCSR 1.0

  • Updated "Safety Tool Selection Report" reference and link

  • Added reference to 3BSE046824 - Checklist for temporary correction

Removed pages

• Remove: Safety Assurance Person (608e29b)

  • Removed "Safety Assurance Person" from the roles section

OnePoint Updates for R&D

See OnePoint for details.

• None

Document Template Updates

See the list of document templates for an overview of recommended document templates.

• Engineering Service Request (HW)
• Samples Approval Check (HW)
• Tool Selection Report (Safety)
• Project Description and Plan (IPM)
• Checklist for Temporary Correction (L4 & Maintenance)

Recorded Process Demos

• See process demos for an overview of all performed demos.

 

 

 

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