Automotive SPICE^® is a domain-specific adaption of the International Standard ISO/IEC 15504 (SPICE). The purpose of Automotive SPICE^® is the assessment of process capability. It is mainly used to evaluate the development processes of automotive suppliers of control units.

If you need access to original definition standards, you may follow this link to Automotivespice.com and

Automotive SPICE® Veröffentlichungen – VDA QMC (vda-qmc.de)

Automotive SPICE^® is a registered trademark of the VDA-QMC.

Hardware Engineering SPICE was created to support hardware development. Its main goals were:

Creation of a process reference and assessment model for hardware development, which is

1. compliant with ISO/330xx and ISO/IEC 15504-2
2. aligned with Automotive SPICE^® 3.1
3. aligned with the VDA Automotive SPICE Guidelines
4. aligned with ISO 26262-1:2018 2Ed and ISO 26262-5:2018 2Ed

Change requests for Automotive SPICE^®, e.g.

1. SYS.3 does not mention “Producibility”
2. SYS processes do not address a production interface
3. Thermal/environmental and EMC testing  Note for SYS.4/SYS.5  (testing)

SPICE for Mechanical Engineering has been introduced as part of the Automotive SPICE® Plug-in concept. As mechanical (or mechatronic) products are an important part of modern system development, this model has been used in several companies for process improvement of standard process descriptions and to perform assessments.

Feedback shows that this model helps the projects and companies to face future challenges in the changing mechanical development, like growing mixing with hardware, interfaces, and complexity. SPICE for Mechanical Engineering has been maintained over the years to stay consistent to the models of Automotive SPICE® and Hardware SPICE and to cover experiences from mechanical development.

Your copy here: Mechanical SPICE 1.8 and Mechanical SPICE 1.7 with Japanese Translation.

Data Management is the set of all methodological, conceptual, organizational, technical measures and procedures for handling the resource "data“, with the aim of introducing them into business processes with their maximum potential for use

Data Management SPICE defines the fundamental business processes of data management capabilities. It is intended as a “state of the art” reference for process improvement. It defines a process assessment model (PAM) for the maturity of all types of data, data management, and for organizations processing data.

The purpose of this model is to provide a SPICE based Process Assessment Model
for the Domain “IT Service Management”.

To promote & establish the application of this model in the strongly growing area of “connected car services”.

• For this purpose, we want to enhance the model with domain specific reference processes and performance indicators for area of “connected car services”.

Your copy here: SPICE for IT Services

Agile SPICE^® shows a set of experiences collected in agile projects and being assessed following the Automotive SPICE^® PAM.

Intacs has worked out guidance and bridges on how to understand the Automotive SPICE^® definitions into the agile field.

Please note that the Japanese version 1.2. does not correspond to the current release status. The update will take place shortly - the master document is the English version 1.3.

Test SPICE V4 has been released and is a strong tool if you need to focus your Assessment to the testing area. Main benefits are:

1. Complete Coverage of ISO/IEC 29119
2. New process architecture allows scalability of assessments
3. Includes agile projects with separate extension.

Following this link, you can access the TestSPICE PAM