An Investigation of the Software Requirements Allocation Process in the Acquisition and Management of a Major Defense System.

Abstract

The importance of computer hardware and software in the Department of Defense (DoD) has increased over the past 20 years to the point where computer technology is vital to the defense of our country. In addition, this technology has placed a tremendous strain on the fiscal assets of the DoD and Air Force (AF). This thesis documents an investigation of the software requirements allocation process in the acquisition and management of a major defense system. More specifically, this research identified the DoD and AF policies and procedures on CPCI selection, determined what criteria are currently used by system program offices (SIOs) and contractors to allocate system requirements to CPCIs, and evaluated the feasibility and potential impacts of an alternate approach to CPCI selection, called 'horizontal allocation'.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 21, 1979
Accession Number
ADA076978

Entities

People

  • Virgil L. Cooper

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Management Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • System Software
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Software Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies