Software Maturity Model Applied to SDI

Abstract

The Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) is undertaking initiatives to mitigate software risks and to stimulate the DoD contractor community to improve its software practices. To that end, IDA assessed the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) software process maturity model and developed an implementation plan for its use within the SDI program. Under this plan, SDI element programs will use the SEI method to select software contractors with mature practices and to monitor contracts after they have been awarded. This document describes the SEI maturity model and the experience of contractors and government agencies. It also explains SDIO's plans to implement the model program-wide and the benefits and lessons learned from using the model on two contracts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245439

Entities

People

  • Beth Springsteen

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Illinois
  • Lessons Learned
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Procurement
  • Software Development
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Test Beds
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Software Engineering.