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An Interpretation of the PIM.3 Process Improvement Process – Results of the iNTACS Process Expert Training Developer Group for PIM.3

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Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2022)

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In November 2021, the iNTACS (“International Assessor Certification Scheme e.V.”) established the strategy of a certified process expert training. Sub-groups to develop a training to create a practical understanding of different processes have been set up, and this paper reflects the results from the sub-working group developing an understanding for PIM.3 and PA3.1 and PA3.2. So far, generations of assessors had rated processes from the VDA scope but very few assessed PIM.3 Process Improvement Process. This makes the results of the working group a kind of first published state of the art understanding of PIM.3 and how process improvement works in automotive industry.

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  1. ISCN GesmbH, Graz, Austria

    Richard Messnarz

  2. Kugler Maag CIE North America Inc., Troy, USA

    Vesna Djordjevic & Winifred Menezes

  3. Robert BOSCH Kft, Budapest, Hungary

    Viktor Grémen

  4. VALEO, Cairo, Egypt

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  5. SPICE Consulting, Stuttgart, Germany

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  6. JASPIC, Tokyo, Japan

    So Norimatsu

  7. ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, Germany

    Thomas Wegner

  8. Process Fellows GmbH, Ebermannstadt, Germany

    Bernhard Sechser

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Messnarz, R. et al. (2022). An Interpretation of the PIM.3 Process Improvement Process – Results of the iNTACS Process Expert Training Developer Group for PIM.3. In: Yilmaz, M., Clarke, P., Messnarz, R., Wöran, B. (eds) Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1646. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15559-8_21

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