Safety Standards 2 days (14h)

EN 50716 (Railway)

A detailed view of the railway software standard EN 50716 and its links with EN 50126 and EN 50129.

Course Description

This EN 50716 training covers the current European standard for software for railway control and protection systems, which supersedes EN 50128, and how to apply it.

What the EN 50716 training covers

The course covers the EN 50716 software lifecycle and roles, Safety Integrity Levels (SIL 0–4) and the techniques and measures recommended at each level, requirements, architecture and design, verification, validation and testing, tool qualification, and the software quality assurance and documentation the standard expects.

Who should attend

Railway software and systems engineers, safety and quality staff, and project leads developing or assessing rail safety-related software.

What you will learn

By the end, participants understand the EN 50716 lifecycle and roles, can interpret SIL-driven technique tables, and know the evidence needed for railway software approval.

Format and delivery

This course is delivered on-site or remotely by ISIT engineers and can be tailored to your team’s protocols, standards and experience level. Contact us to build a programme around your project.

Pedagogical Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the general principles and plans of EN 50716 and its associated standards.
  • Acquire the mindsets and methods for taking a system’s and software’s dependability activities into account.
  • Apply the principles for determining the target functional-safety level.
  • Gain a complete view of the provisions applicable to software aspects.
  • Apply the approach to validating the achieved functional-safety level.

Course Program

  • Introduction to the dependability approach; normative context (railway-sector standards).
  • EN 50126 (system) in detail: general principles; safety life cycle; organization; risk approach; SIL determination; safety assessment required by EN 50126.
  • EN 50716 in detail: general principles; safety life cycle; SIL determination; organization; requirements management.
  • Software construction; software verification and validation.
  • Reuse and tools: previously developed software; COTS software components; development-tool qualification.
  • Dependability and reuse.

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