IEC 61508: Managing Systematic Faults (Part 2)
- Date
- 2027-11-16
- Location
- Online
- Host
- IEC 61508 (Functional Safety)
About this event
Systematic faults are rarely dramatic in the moment. More often, they are introduced quietly through requirements, design decisions, implementation shortcuts, verification gaps, or operational assumptions, then surface later when the stakes are much higher. IEC 61508: Managing Systematic Faults (Part 2) is a focused virtual session for people who want a clearer, more practical understanding of how these faults arise and how to manage them with discipline. About the Event This online session continues the conversation on one of the most important and frequently misunderstood topics in functional safety: systematic faults. While random hardware failures often get the spotlight, many real-world safety issues trace back to human processes, specification errors, tool misuse, weak change control
Who should attend
This is for you if systematic faults are part of your work, your risk decisions, or the standards landscape you need to navigate with confidence. - You work in **functional safety, systems engineering, hardware, software, or embedded development** and want a clearer view of how systematic faults emerge across the lifecycle. - You are responsible for **requirements, design reviews, verification, validation, testing, or change control** and need to understand how process weaknesses can become safety issues. - You support **compliance, certification, quality, or assessment activities** and want stronger practical grounding in how IEC 61508 addresses non-random faults. - You lead or coordinate teams building **safety-related systems** and need better language for discussing competence, traceability, evidence, and risk reduction. - You attended an earlier discussion on this topic, or you already know the basics and want to go deeper into **Part 2** with a more applied lens. - You value learning in a **community setting** where technical content and peer discussion happen together, especially if you want to compare interpretations and practices with others in the field.