Process assessments for the automotive industry.
Major OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers often use automotive SPICE® (ASPICE®) to determine the capabilities of their own suppliers. Successful ASPICE® implementations help you secure new business and strengthen the partnerships with your customers.
iProcess offers Automotive SPICE® program gap assessments, implementation of base practices and roadmap, training, and preparation and support during "Supplier Potential Analysis" and External Assessments.
Automotive SPICE® is registered trademark of the German Association of the Automotive Industry - Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V. (VDA). The model can be downloaded for free at vda.de.
The 6 capability levels:
Levels are building on top of each other, for example, Level 2 cannot be achieved without Level 1 being fully achieved.
Level 0
Incomplete
Level 1
Performed
Level 2
Managed
Level 3
Established
Level 4
Predictable
Level 5
Innovating
The scope of
Automotive SPICE®
The system engineering group (SYS)
consists of processes addressing the elicitation and management of customer and internal requirements, the definition of system architecture, and the integration and testing at the system level.
The software engineering group (SWE)
contains processes addressing software requirements derived from the system requirements, the development of the corresponding software architecture and design as well as the implementation, integration, and testing of the software.
The acquisition group (ACQ)
consists of processes that are done by the customers or by the suppliers when acting as a customer for its own suppliers, when acquiring products or services.
Supporting processes (SUP)
cover processes that may be utilized by any of the other processes at various points in the lifecycle. Configuration Management, Change Management, Problem Resolution are examples of supporting processes.
The management process group (MAN)
consists of processes designed for managing the project or program, most common being Project Management and Risk Management. A subset of highly significant processes assessed within the automotive industry is known as VDA Scope.
The hardware engineering group (HWE)
contains processes addressing hardware requirements derived from the system requirements, the development of the corresponding hardware architecture and design as well as the integration, and verification of the hardware.
The machine learning engineering group (MLE)
contains processes addressing machine learning requirements derived from the software requirements, the development of the corresponding machine learning architecture, model training and testing as well as the data management processes.
Do we have to follow
V-cycle to be compliant?
No. The model provides guidance and best practices on „what“ needs to be achieved. The „how“ part is up to the organization, independent of the chosen development model: Agile, V model or Hybrid.
