method park has been successfully developing software for many years now in the field of safety-critical systems (such as for the automotive industry and in medical engineering applications). We have attained comprehensive know-how in areas where the most stringent quality and safety requirements are demanded. With this knowledge we are able to provide a complete solutions package to contribute to the success of your company.

method park is a competent partner for consulting, coaching, training, engineering services and products when it comes to software development processes. We are particularly specialized in software development where error-free operation is crucial.

The software product, "project kit", developed by method park offers you support in achieving the practical implementation of your development processes. With project kit the fulfillment of given quality standards (e.g. CMMI, SPICE, V-Model XT) and process models is assured. project kit facilitates distributed, global collaboration beyond company boundaries.

Knowledge Department is a service company in the field of software development. The services include training, software development and consulting. Knowledge Department has offices in Germany (Nuremberg and Berlin), England (London), France (Paris) and the USA.

Specific know how is offered for software quality trainings and for improving the software development process according to CMMI®, SPICE, Automotive SPICE™ and SPICE for Banking, as well as for software testing (ISTQB® Certified Tester) and Requirements Engineering (REQB® Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering).

With the in-Step® SPICE Edition for Automotive, Knowledge Department and microTOOL are jointly offering a tool that supports organizations in conducting their projects Automotive SPICE™ compliant and thus helps reaching a certain maturity level!

INTACS is a membership organization focussed on setting up qualification standards for SPICE based process assessors. This includes the qualification syllabus, Exam questionnaires and representation of process assessors on the ISO level as well as defining the processes, procedures and quality criteria for operating the scheme.

INTACS is a not-for-profit organization. The executive board is lead by its president Peter Bölter, Ludger Meyer (Siemens), Klaus Dehmel (Delphi), Gerd Grest (Draeger Medical) and Prof. Dehua Ju (ASTI China).

The INTACS qualification scheme is fully compliant to ISO 15504 (formerly known as SPICE). The accreditation and certification rules follow strictly the requirements of ISO 17024. These standards are widely used in many business sectors all over the world. Currently one of the main fields of intacs application is the automotive industry.

The scheme is implemented by accredited professional training organizations and services are carried out in more than 20 countries all over the world. Training applicants can ask for independent certification by accredited certification bodies.

We have established general partnerships with VDA-QMC (Association of Car Manufacturers, Quality Management Centre) and iSQI (International Software Quality Institute).

Development, maintenance and roll out of the qualification scheme is managed by the advisory board. Working Parties are organized to prepare the needed content. All work is provided on voluntary basis.