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Trademark notice

Automotive SPICE® is a registered trademark of the Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. (VDA) For further information about Automotive SPICE® visit www.vda-qmc.de.

Document history


Version

Date

By

Notes

2.0

2005-05-04

AutoSIG / SUG

DRAFT RELEASE, pending final editorial review

2.1

2005-06-24

AutoSIG / SUG

Editorial review comments implemented Updated to reflect changes in FDIS 15504-5

2.2

2005-08-21

AutoSIG / SUG

Final checks implemented: FORMAL RELEASE

2.3

2007-05-05

AutoSIG / SUG

Revision following CCB: FORMAL RELEASE

2.4

2008-08-01

AutoSIG / SUG

Revision following CCB: FORMAL RELEASE

2.5

2010-05-10

AutoSIG / SUG

Revision following CCB: FORMAL RELEASE

3.0

2015-07-16

VDA QMC WG13

Changes: See release notes

3.1

2017-11-01

VDA QMC WG13

Changes: See www.automotivespice.com

3.991

2023-06-06

VDA QMC WG13

First draft release





Release notes


The release notes will be updated with the final version of Automotive SPICE 4.0.

Table of contents

Copyright notice 2

Acknowledgement 2

Derivative works 2

Document distribution 2

Change requests 2

Trademark notice 3

Document history 3

Release notes 3

Table of contents 4

List of Figures 6

List of Tables 6

1. Introduction 7

1.1. Scope 7

1.2. Terminology 7

1.3. Abbreviations 10

2. Statement of compliance 11

3. Process capability determination 12

3.1. Process reference model 13

3.1.1. Primary life cycle processes category 13

3.1.2. Supporting life cycle processes category 15

3.1.3. Organizational life cycle processes category 15

3.2. Measurement framework 17

3.2.1. Process capability levels and process attributes 17

3.2.2. Process attribute rating 18

3.2.3. Rating and aggregation method 20

3.2.4. Process capability level model 22

3.3. Process assessment model 23

3.3.1. Assessment indicators 23

3.3.2. Understanding information items and work products 24

3.3.3. Understanding the level of abstraction of a PAM 26

3.3.4. Why a PRM and PAM are not a lifecycle model 27

4. Process reference model and performance indicators (Level 1) 28

4.1. Acquisition process group (ACQ) 29

4.1.1. ACQ.4 Supplier Monitoring 29

4.2. Supply process group (SPL) 31

4.2.1. SPL.2 Product Release 31

4.3. System engineering process group (SYS) 33

4.3.1. SYS.1 Requirements Elicitation 33

4.3.2. SYS.2 System Requirements Analysis 35

4.3.3. SYS.3 System Architectural Design 37

4.3.4. SYS.4 System Integration and Integration Verification 39

4.3.5. SYS.5 System Verification 42

4.4. Software engineering process group (SWE) 44

4.4.1. SWE.1 Software Requirements Analysis 44

4.4.2. SWE.2 Software Architectural Design 46

4.4.3. SWE.3 Software Detailed Design and Unit Construction 48

4.4.4. SWE.4 Software Unit Verification 50

4.4.5. SWE.5 Software Component Verification and Integration Verification 51

4.4.6. SWE.6 Software Verification 55

4.5. Validation process group (VAL) 57

4.5.1. VAL.1 Validation 57

4.6. Machine Learning Engineering process group (MLE) 60

4.6.1. MLE.1 Machine Learning Requirements Analysis 60

4.6.2. MLE.2 Machine Learning Architecture 62

4.6.3. MLE.3 Machine Learning Training 64

4.6.4. MLE.4 Machine Learning Model Testing 66

4.7. Hardware Engineering process group (HWE) 69

4.7.1. HWE.1 Hardware Requirements Analysis 69

4.7.2. HWE.2 Hardware Design 72

4.7.3. HWE.3 Verification against Hardware Design 75

4.7.4. HWE.4 Verification against Hardware Requirements 77

4.8. Supporting process group (SUP) 79

4.8.1. SUP.1 Quality Assurance 79

4.8.2. SUP.8 Configuration Management 81

4.8.3. SUP.9 Problem Resolution Management 84

4.8.4. SUP.10 Change Request Management 86

4.8.5. SUP.11 Machine Learning Data Management 87

4.9. Management process group (MAN) 90

4.9.1. MAN.3 Project Management 90

4.9.2. MAN.5 Risk Management 93

4.9.3. MAN.6 Measurement 95

4.10. Process improvement process group (PIM) 96

4.10.1. PIM.3 Process Improvement 96

4.11. Reuse process group (REU) 99

4.11.1. REU.2 Management of Products for Reuse 99

5. Process capability levels and process attributes 101

5.1. Process capability level 0: Incomplete process 101

5.2. Process capability Level 1: Performed process 102

5.2.1. PA 1.1 Process performance process attribute 102

5.3. Process capability Level 2: Managed process 102

5.3.1. PA 2.1 Process performance management process attribute 103

5.3.2. PA 2.2 Work product management process attribute 106

5.4. Process capability Level 3: Established process 107

5.4.1. PA 3.1 Process definition process attribute 108

5.4.2. PA 3.2 Process deployment process attribute 110

5.5. Process capability Level 4: Predictable process 112

5.5.1. PA 4.1 Quantitative analysis process attribute 112

5.5.2. PA 4.2 Quantitative control process attribute 115

5.6. Process capability Level 5: Innovating process 117

5.6.1. PA 5.1 Process innovation process attribute 117

5.6.2. PA 5.2 Process innovation implementation process attribute 119

Annex A Conformity statements 121

Annex A.1 Introduction 121

Annex A.2 Conformance to the requirements for process reference models 121

Annex A.3 Conformance to the requirements for process assessment models 122

Annex A.4 Conformance to the requirements for measurement frameworks 124

Annex B Information item characteristics 125

Annex C Key concepts and guidance 165

Annex D Reference standards 166