Acquisition Handbook - Update. Comprehensive Approach to Reusable Defensive Software (CARDS)

Abstract

The Acquisition Handbook is to aimed towards all Government Program Managers and their support personnel, such as Contracting Officers and Administrators, procurement attorneys, and program control, involved in systems, subsystems and component acquisition and maintenance. The concepts discussed assume that the reader has at least three years experience in acquisition. This guidebook will assist them in incorporating software reuse into all phases of the acquisition life cycle, from concept exploration to Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS). It is not a 'cookbook' for every possible reuse issue or strategy, rather it is meant to help you develop and tailor reuse programs. The goal of the Acquisition Handbook is to encourage software reuse during the acquisition and maintenance portions of the life cycle process, ranging from planning the acquisition strategy through awarding the contract to managing the effort and follow-on support. Software reuse guidance will be presented by providing methods, examples, recommendations and techniques to implement various reuse strategies throughout the acquisition life cycle. The implications and affects of software reuse on the technical, management, cost, schedule, and risk aspects of a program/system during the acquisition process will be the foundation of this document.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 25, 1994
Accession Number
ADA284342

Entities

People

  • Leandro V. Delgado
  • Robert J. Bowes
  • Robert O. Saisi
  • Theresa R. Huber

Organizations

  • Unisys

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Defense Systems
  • Intellectual Property
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Systems Analysis and Design