How to install Reference Models
Standard reference models are shipped by the Stages Customer Care team either after your order arrived or a new/updated reference model became available as part of your subscription or maintenance contract.
Reference models are shipped as ZIP files.
Intellectual Property
Some reference models are subject to intellectual property by a third party. This intellectual property is not transferred as part of an order, so you need to make sure you have a respective license contract to electronically process the reference model content. Depending on your contract, you may need to limit the number of users that can access the reference model.
Create Reference Model workspace
Use the Administration > Workspaces menu to create a new workspace for the reference model to be installed. Typically, reference models are located directly under the root workspace in a “Reference Models” workspace.
To assure compatibility with other reference models or process frameworks, we recommend to use the following standard names for workspaces:
| Reference Model | Workspace Name |
|---|---|
| Automotive SPICE® Process Reference and Assessment Model Version 4.0 | Automotive SPICE 4.0 |
| Automotive SPICE® Process Reference and Assessment Model Version 3.1 | Automotive SPICE 3.1 |
| Automotive SPICE® Process Reference and Assessment Model for Cybersecurity Engineering Version 1.0 | Automotive SPICE for Cybersecurity 1.0 |
| Hardware SPICE PRM/PAM Version 2.1 | Hardware SPICE 2.1 |
| Process Assessment Model SPICE for Mechanical Engineering Version 1.8 | Mechanical SPICE 1.8 |
| International Standard ISO 26262 Road Vehicles - Functional Safety | ISO 26262:2018 |
| Publicly Available Specification ISO/PAS 21488 First edition 2019-01 Road vehicles — Safety of the intended functionality | ISO/PAS 21488:2019 |
| International Standard ISO/SAE 21434 Road Vehicles - Cybersecurity Engineering | ISO/SAE 21434:2021 |
| International Standard ISO 24089 First edition 2023-02 Road vehicles - Software update engineering | ISO 24089:2023 |
| IATF 16949: Automotive Quality Management Systems | IATF 16949:2016 |
PLEASE NOTE:
Make sure you do not add any additional spaces in the workspace name.
Import the ZIP File
Go to the Process menu and select the Import operation to import the reference model ZIP file.
PLEASE NOTE:
The import should complete without warnings. Some Stages reference models contain associations to previous versions or other reference models, e.g. a mapping from Automotive SPICE 4.0 to Automotive SPICE 3.1. If your system does not contain these models, Stages might display respective warnings after the import. In that case, the warnings can be ignored.
Adjust Versions and Settings
In case Stages has created an empty process version V0 (version 7.8 and later), this version needs to be deleted via Management > Versions.
Next, check that the process kind is set to “Reference Model” under Managment > Settings.
Use the Reference Model for Mapping
The reference model is now ready to be used for mapping via Management > Compliance.
PLEASE NOTE:
The search engine may need some time to update, so directly after installation you might need to use “Browse reference models” to find it.