A Primer for Program Managers; Embedded Software Acquisition.

Abstract

Computer Software has become an ever increasing element in today's major defense system acquisitions. This study was written for the program manager with no software experience who is faced with the prospect of acquiring a major defense system which contains embedded software. It provides an overview of the software development process and a discussion of why things go wrong. Both the software development itself and the implications of the software on the system are considered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA166731

Entities

People

  • Cecilia C. Albert

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Defense Systems
  • Engineering
  • Life Cycles
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Software Testing
  • Standards
  • System Software
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design