Software Acquisition Management Guidebook: Software Quality Assurance.

Abstract

This report is one of a series of Software Acquisition Management guidebooks which provide information and guidance for ESD Program Office personnel who are charged with planning and managing the acquisition of command, control, and communications system software procured under Air Force 800 series regulations and related software acquisition management concepts. It provides guidance for establishing and implementing a software quality assurance program which it discusses in terms of Program Office quality assurance requirements, contractor quality assurance requirements and software quality assurance at ESD. Special attention is given to: the relationship of quality assurance to other acquisition management disciplines; the integration of quality assurance requirements into the system acquisition process; the contractual aspects of quality assurance; monitoring the implementation of quality assurance requirements; and common problems and proposed solutions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047318

Entities

People

  • George Neil
  • Harvey I. Gold

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Configuration Management
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Personnel Management
  • Reliability
  • Software Development
  • System Software
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Software Engineering