Automotive Project Manager - Learning Journey

 The combination of courses is perfect for a Project Manager within the automotive domain.

Courses within the e-learning package

The "Automotive Project Manager" e-learning package is a comprehensive program that equips learners with essential knowledge and skills in the field of automotive system and software development of electrical control units within the vehicle.

This package enhances your classical project management skills with a wide range of topics to provide a well-rounded understanding of automotive project management.

The recommended learning journey is to go through the e-learning courses in the order in which they are explained.

Embedded Software Development and Electronics

The first part covers essential knowledge for embedded software development including specific Automotive topics and electronics and electrical engineering knowhow, which you will not need to understand in detail, but should know at least to a certain extend:

	Serial bus systems Learn about their architecture, protocols, and components, along with the OSI model for layered communication. This includes software as well as hardware aspects.
	Automotive Bus Systems Learn about the specific automotive serial bus system SENT
	AUTOSAR provides you with a general understanding of this Automotive standard which will help you to navigate through the extensive set of specifications.
	Lastly, the course delves into electronics and electrical fundamentals, encompassing topics like electronics and magnetism, circuitry, alternating current circuits, and the basics of power electronics, which are crucial for embedded system developers.

Automotive SPICE

In this second section we focus on Automotive SPICE in the both versions which are currently widely in use: 3.1 and 4.0:

	V3.1 Automotive SPICE - Overview This course provides you with a general understanding of ASPICE by introducing you to ASPICE including the Process Reference Model PRM and the Process Assessment Model and by providing an example.
	V3.1 Automotive SPICE - Acquisition and Supply This course covers the most important processes of the acquisition and supply process grops namely Supplier Monitoring ACQ.4 and Product Release SPL.2.
	V3.1 Automotive SPICE - Engineering In this extensive course the ASPICE processes of the Systems Éngineering Group SYS.1 - SYS.5 and the Software Engingeering Group SWE.1 - SWE.6 are coverd.
	V3.1 Automotive SPICE - Management This course covers the most important processes of the management process group namely Project Management Process MAN.3 and Risk Mangement Process MAN.5.
	V3.1 Automotive SPICE - Supporting Processes This course covers the supporting processes which are part of the VDA scope namely the most important processes of the management process group namely to Quality Assurance SUP.1, Configuration Management SUP.8, Problem Resolution Management SUP.9, and Change Request Management SUP.10
	V4.0 Automotive SPICE - Overview This course provides you with a general understanding of ASPICE PAM 4.0 by introducing you to ASPICE including the Process Reference Model PRM and the Process Assessment Model and by providing an example.
	V4.0 Automotive SPICE - Acquisition and Supply This course covers the most important processes of the acquisition and supply process grops namely Supplier Monitoring ACQ.4 and Product Release SPL.2.
	V4.0 Automotive SPICE - Management This course covers the Project Management Process MAN.3 for ASPICE PAM 4.0.

Automotive Cybersecurity

In this third and final section we focus on knowhow which is relevant for automotive cybersecurity.

	Information Security This course provides you with a general understanding of information security. This includes the important term, goals and affected parties but also provides information on practical implementation, risks, threats and measures.
	Automotive Cybersecurity You get introduced to the main reasons for the implementation as well as the top attack points. The course also explains the cybersecurity threat analysis and risk assessment TARA as well cybersecurity controls and requirements and cybersecurity verification and validation testing.
	Introduction to Cryptograpy  We begin with a general introduction to the topic including the explanation of the protagonists specially Alice and Bob. Then we move on to explain the three basic types symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption, and hybrid encryption.

E-Learning Course Descriptions

Serial Bus Systems

• Language: English, German
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to introduce learners to all the important basic terms for the topic of se-rial bus systems.
• Course content: This course is designed to introduce you to important basic terms related to serial bus systems. Terms concerning hardware and software are explained.
  The focus of the first e-learning lies on very general basic terms that are relevant to most bus systems. For example, the terms bit rate, baud rate, latency, clock signal and router are explained, or what a protocol and a protocol stack actually are. At the beginning of the e-Learning, typical application areas of serial bus systems and their advantages over other systems are de-scribed. The second e-learning deals with the OSI model, which is a reference model for communication systems and protocols. Two components of this model are particularly relevant for bus systems: the so-called physical layer and the data link layer.
  The next two e-learning courses are based on these mentioned layers. One of them covers basic terms of the physical layer, the other one those of the data link layer.
  Last, but not least an introduction to cyclic redundancy check CRC is given.
  
• Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes
• Study time: 14 hours, 10 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/introduction-to-serial-bus-systems-en/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWbVq2paRxA 

Automotive Bus Systems

• Language: English, German
• Course objective: This course is aimed at all developers who already use automotive bus systems, want to use them or want to learn how they are structured.
• Course content: In this course you will learn about different bus systems that are mainly used in the automotive environment.
  You will be introduced to the SENT - single edge nibble transmission - protocol including general information, concept, structure and a data example.
• Duration: 45 minutes
• Study time: 3 hours, 45 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-bus-systems-en/ 
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztzvVhZE8xQ 

AUTOSAR

• Language: English
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand what AUTOSAR™ is so that you are able to develop software related to AUTOSAR™.
• Course content: The course introduces AUTOSAR™ as an organization, explains the standard it defines and addresses the methodology as well as the classic platform from the release R19-11.
  Learners can start with the overview e-learning, which introduces AUTOSAR™ as an organization and explains the standard it defines. In particular, there will be details about the different standards AUTOSAR™ contains.
  Another e-learning addresses the classic platform from the release R19-11. There we take a look at the methodology as well as the software architecture. The methodology describes how one proceeds when developing a system with AUTOSAR™ and the software architecture describes the different layers of the layered software architecture.
  The e-learning about the virtual functional bus explain the main communication concept of the classic platform.
  And we also offer an e-learning about the operating system of AUTOSAR Classic Platform.
• Duration: 3 hours, 50 minutes
• Study time: 19 hours, 10 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/autosar-en/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd-RXqTHb58 

Electronics and Electrical Fundamentals

• Language: English
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to provide a basic technical understanding of all relevant topics in the area of electronics and electricity.
• Course content: The first e-learning unit of this course is called “Electronics and Magnetism”. It covers the relationship between current, voltage and resistance, which is expressed by Ohm’s law. In addition, electric and magnetic fields are contrasted and different types of magnets are considered.
  The second e-learning unit deals with the important components of a circuit, the capacitor and the coil, as well as the resulting phenomena and physical laws, the Lorentz Force, the Hall Effect and the principle of induction.
  Furthermore, direct current and alternating current are analyzed. For the analysis of circuits, Kirchhoff’s Laws and the circuit types parallel circuit and series circuit are explained. With regard to alternating current, the Star connection and the Delta connection are considered.
  The topic of AC circuits is covered in greater detail. Therefore, the complex numbers are explained in order to then discuss the complex voltage and the complex current. Furthermore, this chapter covers the impedance and the Root Mean Square.
  The last part of the e-learning contains an introduction to power electronics, which is based on semiconductor elements. In addition to teaching technical basics, it explains how various components can be constructed using semiconductors. Here, special attention is paid to the di-ode and the MOSFET. The user is therefore familiarized with the concept of the p-n-junction.
  
• Duration: 3 hours, 10 minutes
• Study time: 15 hours, 50 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/electronics-and-electrical-fundamentals/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-YlU01z3IE 

V3.1 ASPICE Overview

• Language: English, German
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand ASPICE and to get to know the purpose of this standard.
• Course content: The course “V3.1 ASPICE – Overview” is divided into two e-learning units and provides basic knowledge about Automotive SPICE. The first E-Learning provides reasons that speak for Auto-motive SPICE and introduces further standards that are relevant to the topic of Automotive SPICE.
  The second E-Learning provides an overview of the contents of the process model. The Process Reference Model (PRM) and the Process Assessment Model (PAM) are explained in detail. The concept of the standard is explained using an example process.
• Duration: English: 1 hour, 5 minutes and German: 1 hour, 35 minutes
• Study time: English: 5 hours, 25 minutes and German: 7 hours, 55 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-overview/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ti08DH6EA8 

V3.1 ASPICE - Acquisition and Supply

• Language: English
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand ASPICE and to get detailed information about the sup-plier monitoring and product release.
• Course content: In this course we focus on the processes which are relevant for the VDA Scope as the VDA Scope is mandatory for more or less every automotive electronics and software projects. In addition, we consider the processes which will also be relevant for ASPICE 4.0. For the acquisition process group this applies to Supplier Monitoring ACQ.4 as it is part of the VDA Scope and to the Product Release SPL.2 as it will also be relevant for ASPICE 4.0.
  At the beginning of the Supplier Monitoring ACQ.4 e-learning the respective process group ACQ is introduced and you get to know the connections between the different processes. The e-learning highlights the connection between different topics. This is particularly helpful for practical application work when process-es and relationships need to be understood.
  The e-learning on Product Release SPL.2 also starts with the introduction to the Supply Process Group SPL. Within the e-learning you will get to know all the details of the Product Release including process outcomes, work products and more.
• Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
• Study time: 6 hours, 15 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-acquisition-and-supply-en/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4C89JlH0XE 

V3.1 ASPICE - Engineering

• Language: English, German
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand ASPICE and to get detailed information about the engineering processes.
• Course content: The course “V3.1 ASPICE – Engineering” is divided into four e-learning units. Each of them ex-plains one or more processes. It covers all processes of the System Engineering Process Group SYS and the Software Engineering Group SWE.
  The first 2 parts are covering the system engineering processes starting with SYS.1: Requirements Elicitation, SYS.2: System Requirements Analysis and SYS.3: System Architectural Design and followed by SYS.4: System Integration and Integration Test as well as SYS.5: System Qualification Test.
  The final 2 pars are covering the software engineering processes starting with SWE.1: Software Requirements Analysis, SWE.2: Software Architectural Design, SWE.3: Software Detailed Design and Unit Construction. This is followed by the software processes dealing with integration ant testing, namely SWE.4: Software Unit Verification, SWE.5: Software Integration and Integration Test as well as SWE.6: Software Qualification Test.
• Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes 
• Study time: 14 hours, 10 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-engineering-en/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4C89JlH0XE 

V3.1 ASPICE - Management

• Language: English
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand ASPICE and to get detailed information about the management processes.
• Course content: The course “V3.1 ASPICE – Management” currently includes two e-learning covering the Management Process Group. 
  The first e-learning talks about the Project Management Process MAN.3. It was included as it is part of the VDA scope, a required subset of the ASPICE processes which is essential for approval for production at German OEMs. After completing this e-learning, engineers will understand the ASPICE project management requirements.
  The second e-learning features the Risk Management Process MAN.5.
  
• Duration: 1 hour 
• Study time: 5 hours
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-v3-1-management-en/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4C89JlH0XE 

V3.1 ASPICE - Supporting Processes

• Language: English
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to get detailed information about of Supporting Process Group and Supplier Monitoring of V3.1 ASPICE.
• Course content: In this course we focus on the processes which are part of the VDA Scope and thus mandatory for more or less every automotive electronics and software project. For the supporting processes this applies to Quality Assurance SUP.1, Configuration Management SUP.8, Problem Resolution Management SUP.9, and Change Request Management SUP.10. The course is divided into several e-learning units. Each of them covers one process and its work products. At the beginning of each e-learning the respective process group is introduced and you get to know the connections between the different processes. The e-learning highlight connection between different topics. This is particularly helpful for practical application work when processes and relationships need to be understood.
• Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes 
• Study time: 8 hours, 45 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-spice-supporting-processes-en/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNr-xyDE_Uo 

V4.0 ASPICE - Overview

• Language: English
• Course objective: The target of this course is to understand V4.0 ASPICE and to get to know the purpose of this standard.
• Course content: The course “V4.0 ASPICE Overview” is structured into three e-learning units and provides you with a general knowledge about Automotive SPICE.
  The first e-learning presents a motivation for using Automotive SPICE and covers the process dimension of the process assessment model. It focuses in particular on the measurement framework. The most important aspects of the measurement framework are the capability levels, the process attributes and NPLF rating scale.
  The second e-learning provides an overview of the contents of the process dimension of process assessment model. In this e-learning, the process reference model is explained in detail.
  Finally, the concept of the standard is explained by using the project management process an example. This e-learning provides detailed information about the process purpose, the process outcomes, the base practices and the output information items.
• Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes
• Study time: 8 hours, 20 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/v4-0-aspice-1-overview/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRHUpieuwvY 

V4.0 ASPICE - Acquisition and Supply

• Language: English
• Course objective: The target of this course is to understand V4.0 ASPICE and to get detailed information about the supplier monitoring and the product release.
• Course content: In this course we provide e-learning units to the acquisition process group and the supply process group. The processes are Supplier Monitoring ACQ.4 and Product Release SPL.2.
  At the beginning of the Supplier Monitoring ACQ.4 e-learning you get to know the connections between the different processes. The e-learning provides you with the details of the process itself, the base practices, and the output information items. It always highlights the connection between different topics. This is particularly helpful for practical application work when pro-cesses and relationships need to be understood.
  The e-learning on Product Release SPL.2 also starts with the introduction to the Supply Process Group SPL. Within the e-learning you will get to know all the details of the Product Release including process outcomes, work products and more. The release note is the most complex output information item and is explained in detail.
• Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes 
• Study time: 7 hours, 5 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/v4-0-aspice-acquisition-and-supply/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zlXwGFhw2c 

V4.0 ASPICE - Management

• Language: English
• Course objective: The goal of this course is to understand ASPICE and to get detailed information about the management processes.
• Course content:The course “V4.0 ASPICE – Management” currently covers one e-learning for the first of the three processes within the Management Process Group.
  The first e-learning is teaching you about the Project Management Process MAN.3. After completing this e-learning, engineers will understand the ASPICE project management requirements.
  
• Duration: 50 minutes
• Study time: 4 hours, 10 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/de/courses/v4-0-aspice-management/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRHUpieuwvY 

Information Security

• Language: English, German
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to provide an overview of information security so that its interrelation-ships and importance become clear.
• Course content: The course is divided into 3 parts. First, important terms of information security are defined and the underlying goals are explained. Furthermore, it is clarified who is affected by information security and what it is needed for.
  In the second e-learning unit, the practical implementation of information security is explained. Here, risks and threats are presented and explained using examples. Afterwards, the information security management system is defined and its functioning is explained. The introduction of this system is, among other things, the task of the information security officer.
  Finally, direct measures are explained based on the 14 reference measure objectives, using the international standard ISO 27001 as a source.
  
• Duration: 1 hour
• Study time: 5 hours
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/information-security-en/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv5T-0oTWF0 

Automotive Cybersecurity

• Language: English
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to get an overview of what is relevant in the topic of automotive cyber-security. The learner will be aware why automotive cybersecurity is important and how it is regulated, implemented, and controlled.
• Course content: In the first e-learning unit of this course, you learn why automotive cybersecurity matters. You get introduced to the main reasons for the implementation as well as the top attack points. In the following, you get to know the upcoming regulations and standards as well as the role of cybersecurity in the product life cycle. Then, you get to know the cybersecurity threat analysis and risk assessment, also known as TARA. It is explained through an example so it is easy to understand. At the end of this course, you will learn what the cybersecurity controls and requirements are and you will take a closer look at the cybersecurity verification and validation testing.
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Study time: 5 hours
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/automotive-cybersecurity-en/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdxhzRy3Xm4 

Introduction to Cryptography

• Language: English
• Course objective: The aim of this course is to understand the various encryption methods, how they are used, and which mechanisms are most useful for which application during implementation.
• Course content: We begin with a general introduction to the topic including the explanation of the protagonists specially Alice and Bob. 
  Then we move on to explain the three basic types symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption and hybrid encryption.
• Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
• Study time: 6 hourss, 15 minutes
• Further insights: https://embedded-academy.com/en/courses/introduction-to-cryptography/
• YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZtzLOlCpK0 

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