Mechanical SPICE at a glance

Mechanical SPICE was first published on Feb 20, 2017, keeping a focus on development, streamlining and assessment of mechanical processes which are used for the development of mechanical systems and components. These are linked to Automotive SPICE® according to the Plug-In Concept defined in Automotive SPICE®.

Interfaces to the following are also covered in Mechanical SPICE:

• Mechatronic processes (SYS.X)
• Production
• Development of test environment

Mechanical SPICE PlugIn

Mechanical SPICE Process Reference Model

These 3-lifecycle process categories has been further segregated into process groups

• 1. Primary Lifecycle Processes

• a) Acquisition process group

ACQ.3 Contract Agreement
ACQ.4 Supplier Monitoring
ACQ.11 Technical Requirements
ACQ.12 Legal and Administrative Requirements
ACQ.13 Project Requirements
ACQ.14 Request for Proposals
ACQ.15 Supplier Qualification

• b) Supply process group

SPL.1 Supplier Tendering
SPL.2 Product Release

• c) System engineering process group

SYS.1 Requirements Elicitation
SYS.2 System Requirements Analysis
SYS.3 System Architectural Design
SYS.4 System Integration & Integration Test
SYS.5 System Qualification Test

• d) Mechanical system engineering process group

MSE.1 Mechanical System Requirements Analysis
MSE.2 Mechanical System Architectural Design
MSE.3 Mechanical System Integration and Integration Test
MSE.4 Mechanical System Qualification Test

• e) Mechanical component engineering process group

MCE.1 Mechanical component Requirements Analysis
MCE.2 Mechanical component Architectural Design
MCE.3 Mechanical component Sample Production
MCE.4 Test against Mechanical component Design
MCE.5 Test against Mechanical component Requirements

• 2. Supporting Lifecycle Processes

• a) Supporting process group

SUP.1 Quality Assurance
SUP.2 Verification
SUP.4 Joint Review
SUP.7 Documentation
SUP.8 Configuration Management
SUP.9 Problem Resolution Management
SUP.10 Change Request Management

• 3. Organizational Lifecycle Processes

• a) Management process group

MAN.3 Project Management
MAN.5 Risk Management
MAN.6 Measurement

• b) Process improvement process group

PIM.3 Process Improvement

• c) Reuse process group

REU.2 Reuse Program Management

The process assessment model selects processes from a process reference model and supplements with indicators. These indicators support the collection of objective evidence which enable an assessor to assign ratings for processes according to the capability dimension.

Process Assessment Model Relationship