Following the VDA SYS conference, the Organization SPICE Working Goup met with 15 people in Berlin. The working group consists of international representatives of consulting companies, automotive suppliers, automotive manufacturers and assessors from the Turkish standards organisation. After the Organisation SPICE model was released as version 2.0 this year (download will be available soon), ISO33060 and ISO33061 as well as Test SPICE are now supported in addition to Automotive SPICE®.
Topics were the definition of how a trustworthy maturity assessment can be carried out and the documentation of these decisions in a procedure. The key is to establish as much trust as possible. To this end, an independent lead assessor and an independent co-assessor must conduct the assessment together. The assessment is previously registered with a certification body, which appoints an independent inspector. A concept has been drawn up of what a certification body to be established for this purpose might look like in order to obtain an certificate that is valid for three years. In order to maintain the certificate, annual review assessments must be carried out.
The procedure has been established and is currently being translated into a final document. The pilots can start immediately.