DOD INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Software and Systems Process Improvement Programs Vary in Use of Best Practices

Abstract

With an annual information technology budget of about $20 billion, and tens of billions more budgeted for technology embedded in sophisticated weaponry, the Department of Defense (DOD) relies heavily on software-intensive systems to support military operations and associated business functions, such as logistics, personnel, and financial management. One important determinant of the quality of these systems, and thus DOD s mission performance, is the quality of the processes used to develop, acquire, and engineer them. Recognizing the importance of these processes to producing systems that perform as intended and meet cost and schedule commitments, successful public and private organizations have adopted and implemented software/systems process improvement (SPI) programs.1

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA389565

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • California
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Software Engineering.