Less Basic Guide to Automotive Functional Safety

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By taking a glance at the table of contents, this books seems to give a complete overview on the topic of Automotive Functional Safety. But it does not unfortunately.

After having taken time to read it I found it lacking in multiple aspects. On content:
-Chapters are not very structured and clearly written (at least not to me), instead lots of them seem to rather be a collection of views of the author randomly grouped together. Makes what is already a tough topic not easier to understand.
-Necessary detail is lacking on key topics. For example: what is an DFMEA exactly? A precise definition is expected, examples would be helpful, but there is only a description of qualities of the method.

On form: Formatting/styling is horrible. For example:
-Chapter headings are smaller down to level 3, then suddenly become like Heading 1 style again.
-Pictures with very poor resolution, to a level where text in pictures is sometimes not readable.
-List styles vary all over the book (bullets, indentation, etc.)
On form I would honestly recommend that the writer solicits a professional proof-reader and editor and re-issue the book. This is simply not at a level that is to be expected for professional literature.

For a book on a topic of safety processes (which also actively promotes having good and structured processes), I would expect more structure and quality on all of the above aspects. Especially this being the 3rd iteration in a series. This book to me conveys the opposite of what it promotes and describes.

As the book is currently, I would definitely not recommend it to anyone. There are better books that give an overview on automotive FuSa.