FY2022 NDAA Section 835 Independent Study on Technical Debt in Software-Intensive Systems (Briefing Charts)

Abstract

Literature review summarizing the state of the art. Particular focus areas include: Gap between automation (static analysis tools) and their ability to alert users to comprehensive symptoms of tech debt; recognized practices for managing tech debt. Report for program stakeholders. State-of-the-practice report, discussion, and feedback from personnel on a large, complex, safety- and security-critical program. Deep dives on program data. Examination of program artifacts, practices, data, and decision-making. Interviews: 16 engagements included interviewing stakeholders from the Federal Government and industry, to gain a broad view of the state of the practice. The type of systems covered defense business systems, embedded safety-critical systems, embedded weapon systems, and command and control systems. The Section 835 10 study elements were used in the interviews. Of the interviews, 11 were held with DoD organizations (Air Force, Army, Navy, Joint) 4 were held with industry (DIB and commercial) 1 was held with a program under another Federal Government agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 14, 2023
Accession Number
AD1214458

Entities

People

  • Brigid O'hearn
  • Ipek Ozkaya

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Best Practices
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Configuration Management
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Literature Surveys
  • Materials
  • National Governments
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Technical Debt
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space