intacs™ Vision and Mission
We are an independent and legally registered not-for-profit association.
We have open and transparent operations in an honorary capacity and global and multilingual presence.
We improve the assessment performance
We want to reduce variations in the quality of assessment results and to make results more comparable,
intacs™ was set up in response to requests from industry and international ISO/IEC 15504 experts. The main objective was to ensure high-quality assessor qualification in the worldwide community for process assessment according to ISO/IEC 33000 series.
We respond to an industry demand
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setting training and certification standards for ISO/IEC 15504 assessors
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setting standards for maintaining assessor competence
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promoting assessment models and community interactions
intacs™ is the scheme accepted by the automotive industry and the HIS / VDA AK 13 (working group responsible for defining process requirements for car manufacturers and n-tier suppliers).
The new updated ISO/IEC 33000 standard series covers process assessment in general.
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Certification Body
Looking for Certification, renewal, or initially, very often your first contact is the Certification Body.
intacs is setting up the rules and regulations, but the Certification Body is the one to verify experience evidence and assessment log.
The automotive domain is managed by VDA-QMC, Berlin and
all other domains are managed by ECQA, Krems
Intacs World Wide
The intacs assessor certification scheme has been spread its service and support over many countries in the world.
Trainings and Exams are usually developed in English, but translation to local guide is available for many languages
Latest News
Grace Period for Assessor Certification
If an assessor is not able to collect all necessary Experience Evidence due to cancelled assessments or events because of the pandemic time period, the Certification Bodies will grant up to 6 additional months for collecting and providing the missing EEs.
But the additional time does not mean that the certification period will be extended! E.g. if the current period is from January 2018 to December 2020, and you use the first 6 months of 2021 to collect missing EEs, the new period will still be from January 2021 to December 2023.
And another procedure rule still applies: Already used EEs cannot be used twice! E.g. if you collect EEs within the first 6 months of 2021 in order to use them for the certification period from 2021 to 2023, you cannot use these EEs for the next certification period even if they are within the 36 months’ time frame.
Current rules for online activities
The current pandemic situation does still not allow to perform all SPICE related activities onsite. intacs™ and VDA QMC already accepted to perform assessments and trainings completely online for a limited time. But not all activities ensure the same high-quality expectations of intacs™. Therefore, the current rules apply (status as of Nov. 1st, 2020):
For the following training courses, the online execution is allowed until June 30th, 2021:
- intacs™ certified Provisional Assessor
- intacs™ certified Competent Assessor
- intacs™ Introduction to VDA Automotive SPICE® Guidelines
This also includes the online exams.
For the “intacs™ certified Competent Assessor” training, there are mandatory rules:
- This training must be conducted via video conference, so the trainer is able to observe the participants.
- A tool must be used to allow working groups in separate sessions, between which the trainer can switch anytime.
For the following observations, the online execution is allowed until June 30th, 2021:
- Competent Course Participant Observation
- Competent Assessor Candidate Observation (during an assessment)
For the “Competent Assessor Candidate Observation (during an assessment)”, there are mandatory rules:
- The observation must be conducted via video conference, so the observer is able to observe the behavior of the candidate as well as the reaction of the interviewees.
For the following observations, the online execution is not allowed:
- Instructor Observation
intacs™ is continuously working on updated procedures with additional requirements to ensure the quality of onsite and online activities also in the future. Please check regularly the intacs.info web page.
3rd VDA Automotive SYS Conference China - Agenda published
The agenda of the upcoming 3rd VDA Automotive SYS Conference China in Shanghai has been published:
Agenda of the 3rd VDA Automotive SYS China
Guideline for Remote Process Assessments
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are receiving several questions regarding the possibility of performing remote assessments. Is this permissible, recommended, or not?
Please find out our answer and a few recommendations in our brief Guideline for Remote Process Assessments.