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Experience with the Performance of Online Distributed Assessments – Using Advanced Infrastructure

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Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2020)

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Abstract

Nowadays many projects are distributed with e.g. the project management in one country, the systems development in another, and software development even on another continent. Travelling restrictions, even more so in Corona virus times, lead to a lot of issues to be solved when performing an assessment in such a largely distributed setting. This paper describes experiences with online distributed assessment and describes case studies of how this was implemented and lessons learned.

In addition the paper describes how the infrastructure helped in applying the Automotive SPICE 3.1 assessment model and the VDA Automotive SPICE Guidelines. The VDA Automotive SPICE Guidelines (blue-gold book [2]) contain rules and recommendations to interpret ASPICE 3.1 and also consider dependencies in the ratings. Assessors are now confronted with hundreds of additional rules and recommendations.

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We are grateful to the European Commission which has funded the BLUEPRINT project DRIVES (2018–2021) [22, 28]. In this case the publications reflect the views only of the author(s), and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use, which may be made of the information contained therein.

We are grateful to a working party of Automotive suppliers SOQRATES (www.soqrates.de) who exchange knowledge about such assessment strategies. This includes: Böhner Martin (Elektrobit), Brasse Michael(HELLA), Bressau Ernst (BBraun), Dallinger Martin (ZF), Dorociak Rafal (HELLA), Dreves Rainer (Continental Automotive), Ekert Damjan (ISCN), Forster Martin (ZKW), Geipel Thomas (BOSCH), Grave Rudolf (Elektrobit), Griessnig Gerhard (AVL), Gruber Andreas (ZKW), Habel Stephan (Continental Automotive), Hällmayer Frank (Software Factory), Haunert Lutz (Giesecke & Devrient), Karner Christoph (KTM), Kinalzyk Dietmar (AVL), König Frank (ZF), Lichtenberger Christoph (MAGNA ECS), Lindermuth Peter (Magna Powertrain), Macher Georg (TU Graz & ISCN), Mandic Irenka (Magna Powertrain), Maric Dijas (Lorit Consultancy), Mayer Ralf (BOSCH Engineering), Mergen Silvana (TDK/EPCOS), Messnarz Richard (ISCN), Much Alexander (Elektrobit), Nikolov Borislav (msg Plaut), Oehler Couso Daniel (Magna Powertrain), Riel Andreas (Grenoble INP & ISCN), Rieß Armin (BBraun), Santer Christian (AVL), Schlager Christian (Magna ECS), Schmittner Christoph (Austrian Institute of Technology AIT), Schubert Marion (ZKW), Sechser Bernhard (Process Fellows), Sokic Ivan (Continental Automotive), Sporer Harald (Infineon), Stahl Florian (AVL), Wachter Stefan (msg Plaut), Walker Alastair (Lorit Consultancy), Wegner Thomas (ZF).

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Ekert, D., Messnarz, R., Norimatsu, S., Zehetner, T., Aschbacher, L. (2020). Experience with the Performance of Online Distributed Assessments – Using Advanced Infrastructure. In: Yilmaz, M., Niemann, J., Clarke, P., Messnarz, R. (eds) Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1251. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56441-4_47

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