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In 1993 the International Standards group for Software Engineering initiated a project, named SPICE (Software Process Improvement and Capability of determination), to develop a standard for software process assessment. A unique feature of the project is the use of trials to validate the assessment framework. This paper describes the objectives of the trials and discusses the challenges faced by such an exercise. It then outlines the overall approach to the trials, which are currently planned in three phases, and details the approach for the conduct and analysis of trials using phase 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]