Imagine you are participating in an Automotive SPICE® assessment In your rote as a software tester, and you receive the Information that your process…

In Automotive SPICE®, a capability level is considered fulfilled only if all its associated process attributes are rated as "Largely achieved" (L) or "Fully achieved" (F). The rating "P" stands for "Partially achieved," indicating an achievement level of more than 15% up to 50%. Since the process attribute PA1.1 (Process Performance), which is required for Capability Level 1, received a "P" rating, the minimum requirement of "L" was not met. Therefore, Capability Level 1 has not been fulfilled.

B. Fulfilling Capability Level 3 requires fulfilling levels 1 and 2 first. Since level 1 is not fulfilled, this is incorrect.

C. Fulfilling Capability Level 2 requires fulfilling level 1 first. Since level 1 is not fulfilled, this is incorrect.

D. A "P" (Partially achieved) rating is insufficient. A rating of at least "L" (Largely achieved) is required to fulfill Capability Level 1.

1. Automotive SPICE® Process Assessment Model, Version 3.1, VDA QMC, 2017.

Section 5.3.3, "Process attribute rating" (Page 21): Defines the four-point rating scale: N (Not achieved), P (Partially achieved), L (Largely achieved), and F (Fully achieved).

Section 5.3.4, "Capability level rating" (Page 22): States, "A capability level is achieved if all process attributes for that capability level are rated as Largely achieved or Fully achieved."

2. ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Automotive Software Tester Syllabus, Version 1.0, International Software Testing Qualifications Board, 2018.

Section 2.2.2, "Capability Levels and the Rating Scale" (Page 12): Explains that for a process to achieve a capability level, "all process attributes of this level must be rated as 'Largely achieved' or 'Fully achieved'." It explicitly clarifies that a 'P' rating is insufficient.