The Guide for Automotive SPICE Interpretation

In the development of automotive electronics, quality not only impacts the product, but is also based on structured workflows. Automotive SPICE offers a widely used reference model for this. This formulates high-level requirements which the processes have to fulfill, in particular documentation. Misunderstandings often arise during their interpretation: For example, it is not self-explanatory how extensive an output work product actually has to be in order to fulfill the process purpose.
That is why four experts from three continents have put their heads together and written a book giving advice on the application and understanding of the Automotive SPICE process reference model. In this compact book, practitioners learn what to know, even if it's not in the quasi-standard. The authors get to the heart of things and, where necessary, refer to further sources of knowledge. The 16 processes from the VDA scope are presented in such a way that users can implement the process requirements in a target-oriented manner and assessors can evaluate them correctly. For each core process, this book explains which misunderstandings and pitfalls can lurk during understanding and implementation and thus helps to really understand Automotive SPICE.