Embedded Computer Resources and the DSARC Process - A Guidebook.
Abstract
This guidebook reviews the purpose and scope of each DSARC (Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council milestone, and translates this into specific questions and issues appropriate for the computer resource and software product. Whenever possible, responses to the questions were ranked in increasing order of preference enabling the guidebook user to develop his own figure of merit as a function of the importance of any issue (or set of issues) to the program under review. Quantitative sensitivity data is presented for twenty-four managerial and technical factors which relate directly to development productivity, and hence to cost, schedule, and performance risk. These parametric relationships are useful in assessing and forecasting the implications of management and technical decision options. A set of inquiries are provided which is a useful tool in assessing the overall health of a software development effort at any given point in time. The guidebook gives an empirically derived relationship for checking and verifying the reasonableness of program manager supplied software cost and size estimates, and a list of the pertinent policy, practice and procedure documents which govern embedded computer resources and the DSARC process are given.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA046398
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense