The Impact of Conducting ATAM(registered trade mark) Evaluations on Army Programs

Abstract

The Army Strategic Software Improvement Program (ASSIP) is a multiyear effort targeted at improving the way in which the Army acquires software-intensive systems. As part of the ASSIP, the Army funded the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) to conduct software architecture evaluations using the SEI Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM). When a systems architecture did not exist or was not ready to evaluate, the Army sponsored SEI Quality Attribute Workshops (QAWs). Other Army programs funded their own ATAM evaluations and QAWs. The objective of this study1 was to determine the value the Army programs received from using the ATAM and the QAW. This impact data will enable the Army to decide whether these practices should be considered for broad adoption across the Army.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1129686

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  • John Bergey
  • Mark Klein
  • Robert Nord
  • Stephen Jr Blanchette

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  • Carnegie Mellon University

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