Project and process scope
Agree customer target levels, organizations, projects, model and processes.
Industrial & embedded
Make automotive development traceability and execution visible
Automotive SPICE assesses development processes for software-based automotive systems. Define its scope separately from product safety certification or individual assessor qualifications.
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Discuss your certification →Scope and applicability
Automotive development process assessment model
Applicability follows OEM, supply-chain and project requirements. It is not a universal statutory certification for automotive software companies.
Korean certification schemes and international standards are different. A translated guide does not extend a Korean certificate to other countries. Confirm the target market, product classification and current requirements with the relevant body.
Who this is for
- Software suppliers working with automotive OEMs
- ECU and embedded system developers
- Projects preparing for customer process assessments
Documents to prepare
Requirements, design and verification traceability
Connect system and software requirements to architecture, detailed design and test results.
Management and quality assurance records
Retain configuration, change, problem resolution and independent quality review evidence.
Preparation process
Confirm customer and model requirements
Check contractual scope, target capability and accepted assessment team conditions.
Establish project evidence
Apply processes and resolve traceability gaps, version conflicts and interview inconsistencies.
Assess and implement improvements
Assign owners and follow-up actions to weaknesses identified by the qualified team.
Timing
Target processes, capability levels, development stage and customer schedules determine timing. Separate improvement work from assessment.
Agency fees
Institutional testing and assessment fees
Quotation based on the agreed scope
Confirm scope, assessor days, retesting, travel and VAT in the final quotation. Institutional fees are separate from Specify subscription charges.
Sources and references ↗Document automation and management cost KRW 300,000 per month. Expert services and certification body testing or assessment fees are separate. Specify supports preparation; the relevant authority or certification body makes the final decision.
Pricing and certification costs →Optional expert consulting
Expert review and consulting are optional, separately scoped services. Choose support for Automotive SPICE based on your team's readiness and the evidence or assessment preparation you need.
- Confirm institutional testing, assessment and registration fees separately in the contract.
- Development fixes, clinical studies where applicable, security equipment and infrastructure operations may require separate budgets.
- Confirm internal staffing, travel, translation, VAT, surveillance and renewal costs in the quotation.
Questions and answers
Is the result a product certificate?
It principally reports process capability, not product safety conformity or quality across all projects.
Do assessor training fees cover a company assessment?
No. Individual qualifications, organizational assessment and improvement consulting are separate.
Does it replace ISO 26262?
Process capability and functional safety have different objectives and may need to be addressed together.