The ProSTEP iViP Association, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) and the German Project Management Association (GPM) have issued a joint recommendation on the subject of schedule management (PSI 10 / VDA 4959 / GPM). To do this, the various German OEMs (Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche, Volkswagen) joined together within the framework of the ProSTEP iViP Association to launch a project group that developed the recommendation within a period of six months. The requirements identified by all the different parties were ascertained and consolidated during the course of numerous interviews.

The recommendation was presented in a workshop in Darmstadt attended by representatives of the tool manufacturers and consulting firms active in the project management sector. The fact that a result was arrived at within such a short space of time is indicative of the urgency of this type of recommendation.

Fundamentally, it presents a catalog of standard requirements which the above-mentioned associations consider to apply to the automotive industry as a whole. Users, consultants and tool vendors can use this consolidated catalog of criteria to ensure efficiency when verifying their own methods, drafting functional specifications or developing tools.