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Omnex is proud to announce that we are now a VDA QMC accredited intacs® approved Training Provider for Automotive Spice with unmatched global reach! (Source: intacs® official page) With a commitment to excellence and a team of globally recognized experts, we offer unparalleled training that empowers automotive organizations to elevate their software development processes. Our training equips you with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the complexities of the automotive industry and drive innovation in your organization.
Why Choose Omnex for ASPICE Training?
- First US-Based Training Provider: Benefit from guidance by world-class trainers and subject matter experts.
- Expert-Led Coaching: Gain insights from instructors with proven ASPICE certification and industry experience.
- Tailored Training Programs: Receive customized training tailored to specific roles within your organization.
- Hands-On Application: Engage in practical workshops and real-world project simulations.
- Global Expertise, Local Access: Access our training support from 17 worldwide offices.
- Up-to-Date Training: Stay informed with the latest tools, methods, and standards through our ASPICE PAM 4.0 training programs.
Overview of Automotive SPICE
Automotive SPICE® (Software Process Improvement & Capability Determination) is the world-leading standard for software development in the automotive industry, derived from ISO 15504 (now ISO/IEC 33001:2015). Developed in 2001 by the AUTOSIG (Automotive Special Interest Group - VDA), this framework is essential for designing and assessing software development processes.
Efficient implementation of Automotive SPICE® enhances process and product quality, fostering better cooperation among complex supply chains and globally distributed engineering centers. The standard is based on the V-model, illustrating the sequence of requirements flowing from the system down to hardware and software, culminating in integrated testing within the vehicle.
Application of ASPICE
Automotive SPICE® specifically addresses the needs of software developers in the automotive sector, providing a robust framework for evaluating and improving the capability and maturity of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes for mechatronic systems.
It serves as a reference for process evaluation and improvement, featuring a Process Reference Model (PRM) and a Process Assessment Model (PAM). Automotive SPICE® is utilized in various ways:
- Performance Metrics: Deriving metrics to measure process performance.
- Skill Development: Guiding principles for enhancing software development skills.
- Competitive Analysis: Serving as a benchmark for competitor assessment.
- Best Practices: Providing best practices for the automotive industry.
Benefits of ASPICE
Compliance with Automotive SPICE® is crucial for software developers in the automotive industry, ensuring adherence to IATF requirements for automotive products and embedded software. The benefits include:
- Process Improvement: Identifying and implementing process improvements.
- Risk Management: Detecting risks in product quality during specific releases.
- Supplier Selection: Serving as a criterion for selecting qualified suppliers.
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- Automotive SPICE® PAM 3.1 vs PAM 4.0 - Analysis of Changes
- Automotive SPICE® v4.0 Executive Overview
- Understanding Automotive SPICE® PAM 4.0 including integration with ISO 26262 and IATF 16949
- intacs Certified Competent Assessor (Automotive SPICE® V3.1)
- intacs Certified Provisional Assessor (Automotive SPICE® V3.1)
- Internal Quality Assurance Practitioners of Automotive SPICE®
- Writing Effective Requirements and Test Cases for ASPICE®
- Understanding PRM/PAM Hardware Engineering Processes and Integration with Automotive SPICE®
- Mechanical Engineering Plug-In for Automotive SPICE®
- ISO 26262:2018 Functional Safety and Automotive SPICE® Executive Overview
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ASPICE (Automotive SPICE) is a process model or Process Assessment Model (PAM) which containts the best practices for Automotive Development. Though there are many software development models available (e.g. CMMI), there was a need of model which caters purely for automotive software development. ASPICE fulfils that gap and has detail practices needed for automotive software development. It is primarily used by supplier organizations as a improvement model to improive their processes and by customer organizations as a Assessment Model to evaluate the processes. ASPICE can be considered as a model developed BY the Automotive Industry (major European OEMs) and FOR the automotoive industry (suppliers).
Although there are many differences between ASPICE 3.1 and 4.0. The major ones can be elaborated as:
- Inclusion of Harware and Machine Learning processes
- Simplification of design base practices
- Relocation of Strategy from Base practice to Generic Practice
- Consistency in terms considering its larger defintion e.g. Verification Processes instead of Testing processes
- Process element - Out Work poroduct is changed to Information Item etc.
There has been hundreds of assessments each year to evaluate the status of their projects by customer organizations. These customer organization can be OEM, Tie1, Tier2. primarily, after every assessment, there is a improvement roadmap developed and process improvement is carried out. Since its release in 2005, the automotive sector is using it to evaluate its suppliers and ensuring qulaity of its projects.
Automotive SPICE® is a registered trademark of the Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. (VDA). VDA is also certification body accredited by intacs (industry wide accepted group for managing ASPICE assessors).
The initial version of ASPICE had 32 processes. Howver, all 32 processes were not quite relevant and vital for suppliers. The german car association group HIS (which was primarily involved in developmet od ASPICE model) made a set of 15 (now 16) processes which were to be implemented by suppliers inplace of all 32 processes. These processes were MAN.3, SUP.1,8,9,10, SYS.2,3,4,5 and SWE.1~6. After HIS got dismantled, this processe set is not known as VDA scope of processes.
The advantages of using ASPICE software include:
- Improved software quality and reliability
- Reduced costs and waste
- Increased efficiency and productivity
- Enhanced customer satisfaction
- A competitive advantage in the global marketplace
ASPICE and ISO 26262 are quite closely related to each other as both of them address V model approach, Management, Support processes. There is close relationship between them in terms of processe defintion. However, ISO 26262 is a standard focussing on safety aspects whereas ASPICE is a model focussing on qualit aspects. It is considered that achievement of ASPICE Level 3 sets the base of ISO 26262 as ISO 26262 requires a process infrastructure in place which is fulfiled by ASPICE. Also, Implemeation of ASPICE fulfils many requirements of ISO 26262.
ASPICE outlines five capability levels, spanning from Level 0 (incomplete) to Level 5 (optimizing), each signifying an increasing level of process maturity and capability. The automotive OEMs mainly requires their suppliers towards achievement upto Level 3. The main characterstics of L1~3 are:
- L1 - Performed : Achieved by implementation of Basic Practices in each process
- L2 - Managed: Achieved by implementation Generic Practices of L2 focussed on management aspects
- L3 - Established: Achieved by implementation Generic Practices of L3 focussed on organization level standard process development and its implementation.