Application of SPICE (ISO/IEC 15504) in an Academic Environment
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The International Standards organisation (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have through their Joint Technical Committee for Information Technology (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7), produced a new software process assessment standard. This standard will enable software development organisations to assess their software development capabilities and then use the information resulting from the assessment to improve themselves. This new software process assessment standard will soon be released and is currently being tested on a trial basis in industries throughout the world, including South Africa. The aim of the trials is to determine the new software process assessment standard’s practicability, efficiency and consistency in use. This paper is about the application of the new software process assessment standard in the academic setting of the University of the Witwatersrand. Five software producing sections were assessed: SEAL, Givati and Fourie Associates, Fluids Research Group, Manufacturing Technology Group and the Power group. The aim was to develop a benchmark for software development capability in the university and to provide information for the further improvement of the new software process assessment standard and its assessment tool, SOQ.
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