SPICE (Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination) (PDF) is a project of the International Committee on Software Engineering Standards ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC7, through its Working Group on Software Process Assessment. The Standard deals with software processes such as development, management, customer support, and quality. It is also concerned with people and technology transfer. A SPICE site is maintained at Griffith University, Australia.
Since 1993, the SPICE (Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination) project, launched within the International Standards Organisation (ISO) has been developing a framework standard for software process assessment, bringing together the major suppliers and users of assessment methods. The field trials of SPICE-based assessment are getting underway from the beginning of 1995.
ESI, as a partner in SPICE, is taking a leading role in the European trialling and subsequent standardisation of SPICE. European IT users and suppliers involved in the trials will get early access to this important new ISO standard, as well as the possibility to influence its evolution. At the same time, ESI will provide help and guidance to those organisations starting an improvement programme.
By furthering the movement towards international standards through Spice, ESI is helping European industry to compete in the global marketplace.