A Case Study of Software Process Assessment and Certification (SPAC) Model Implementation

This paper reports the implementation of Software Process Assessment and Certification (SPAC) model. In year 2006, the model has been validated in three software organizations for its practicality in the real world. Recently in year 2011, the SPAC model has been implemented again in one of the organizations participated in year 2006. This paper discusses the outcome from the current study and compares it with the previous study. It reveals that after five years, the level of certification decreases from LEVEL IV to LEVEL II. This is because the best practices of software development are being neglected. Thus, we conclude that continuous software certification is certainly needed in order to know the current status of software development process and help the organization to plan and monitor their continuous improvement of software quality.