Module 1 PA/QA (Day 1)
Morning session

• Introduction and welcome
• PA/QA in an ESA project
• PA tasks during project
• PA disciplines

Afternoon session

• Dependability and Safety 
• Introduction to Dependability, reliability and maintainability
• Dependability Requirements and Process
• Introduction to Safety (objectives, scope)
• Safety Requirements and Analyses

Module 2 Hardware PA (Day 2)
Morning Session: EEE components and radiation effects on EEE

• Space Environment
• EEE standards and specifications
• EEE Components major failure mechanisms
• Reliability
• EEE DERATING
• EEE Component PA & S workflow in space project phases
• Radiation Environment

1. Trapped Particles
2. Solar Flare
3. Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR)

• Radiation Effects on Components

1. Total Ionising Dose
2. Displacement Damage
3. Single Event Effects
4. Radiation Hardness Assurance

Afternoon session: Materials and Processes

• Management activities related to M&P including the role of the PA manager
• The criteria used for Materials selection including:

1. The mechanisms involved in qualifying the materials and processes 
2. Handling aspects including contamination control issues
3. M&P based anomalies
4. Techniques involved in root cause identification

• Materials in space environment
• Outgassing and contamination
• Environment effects 
• Environmental assessment

Module 3 Software Product Assurance (Day 2)
Morning session
Block 1 - Software in the context of ESA space projects
Introduction

• Software in the context of ESA space projects
• Main software processes
• SW life cycle

Block 2 - SW PA programme implementation

• Main aspects of a SW PA programme
• SW Assessment and Improvement
• Practical exercise 1 – SW improvement

Afternoon session
Block 3 - SW Process assurance

• SW Process assurance
• Tailoring by Software criticality
• Practical exercise 2 – SW criticality
• SW configuration management
• Reuse of existing SW
• Relation between SW PA and the SW engineering processes
• Exercise 3 – SW Review

Block 4 - SW Product Quality Assurance

• Software testing and SW verification
• Software delivery and acceptance
• Independent Software Verification and Validation
• Exercise 4 – SW testing
• Measuring SW Product quality
• ECSS SW standards and Handbooks
• Recap and take-home message