scope:

This document specifies requirements and recommendations for software update engineering in road vehicles on both the organizational and project levels. These requirements and recommendations apply to the vehicle, its systems, and/or the infrastructure. Additionally, these requirements and recommendations apply to ECUs installed in road vehicles, and the creation of software update packages after the original development. In addition, this document specifies requirements and recommendations for deployment of software update packages to road vehicles. The development of software for vehicle functions, except for software update engineering, is outside the scope of this document. This document enables a common understanding for communicating and managing activities and responsibilities among stakeholders. This document is applicable to road vehicles that include ECUs whose software can be updated. This document applies to organizations involved in software update engineering in road vehicles. Such organizations can include OEMs, suppliers, and their subsidiaries or contractual partners. This document does not prescribe specific technologies or solutions for software update engineering.