Conducting Software Capability Evaluations: 1995.

Abstract

This document presents the results of an ongoing study to assess and recommend procedures for conducting a Software Capability Evaluation (SCE) for the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program. BMD is using the SCE methodology of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) to evaluate contractors during the source selection process and to monitor contractors after the award has been granted. SEI provides basic procedures in its SCE training course, but during the course of conducting more than 14 SCEs, IDA found that additional procedures and information were necessary to improve the effectiveness of the BMD SCE teams. This document provides lessons learned, findings, and recommended procedures and techniques, based on the BMD team's experiences in 1995, and should be used to supplement SEI's training material and reports.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA302093

Entities

People

  • Beth E. Springsteen
  • Dennis W. Fife

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Configuration Management
  • Contractors
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Software Development
  • Software Prototyping
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Software Engineering.