In a major initiative, the Automotive Special Interest Group (SIG), a joint special interest group of The SPICE User Group and The Procurement Forum, launched the Automotive SPICE initiative together with the major motor vehicle manufacturers to develop a common framework for the assessment of suppliers in the Automotive Industry.

The members of the Automotive SIG include: AUDI AG, BMW AG, DaimlerChrysler AG, Fiat Auto S.p.A., Ford Werke GmbH, Jaguar / Land Rover, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche, Volkswagen AG and Volvo Car Corporation.

The release of the Automotive SPICE Process Assessment Model together with the associated Process Reference Model is now available. The Automotive SPICE Process Assessment Model will be used to perform conformant assessments of the software process capability of automotive suppliers in accordance with the requirements of ISO/IEC 15504-2:2003.

25 April 2006, Munich IHK (Chamber of Commerce), Germany

The motor vehicle manufacturers will be present at the event to convey their official policy and approach towards supplier capability assessments.
There will be presentations regarding contract requirements, process implementation issues together with experiences of assessment from the supplier’s perspective. Attendees will have ample opportunity to clarify all aspects of the policy and approach during the ‘question and answer’ session.

Programme
0930-1000 Registration
1000-1010 Chairman’s welcome
Session 1 Introduction
1010-1040 The Automotive SPICE initiative (Alec Dorling, Automotive SPICE)
Session 2 Requirements for assessment
1040-1115 Herstellerinitiative Software (Dr. Jürgen Knoblach, BMW Group)
1115-1145 Break
1145-1220 FoE / PAG Software supplier requirements (Jan-Åke Olaisson, Volvo Car Corporation)
1220-1325 Lunch
Session 3 Process approach
1325-1345 Requirements and traceability (Albert Kreitmeyr, AUDI AG)
1345-1410 Software quality assurance (Lars Dittman, Volkswagen AG)
Session 4 Supplier assessment experiences
1410-1445 The benefits for the supplier (Andreas Bernitt, Conti Temic microeletronic GmbH)
1445-1515 Break
Session 5 Panel – Question and Answer
1515-1610 Question and Answer (OEMs)
1610-1620 Chairman’s closing remarks
1620 Close

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Automotive SPICE™ is an initiative of the Automotive Special Interest Group (SIG), a joint special interest group of The SPICE User Group and The Procurement Forum. The members of the Automotive SIG include AUDI AG, BMW Group, DaimlerChrysler AG, Fiat Auto S.p.A., Ford Werke GmbH, Jaguar, Land Rover, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Volkswagen AG and Volvo Car Corporation.