Briefing Report: Software Acquisition, A Series of Lectures Prepared for Acquisition/Logistics Excellence Week 2001

Abstract

This report contains five lectures on topics in software acquisition that are critically important to SMC/NRO programs in today's acquisition environment. Software acquisition is always a high risk endeavor for SMC's/NRO's software-intensive systems. This series of lectures provides specific, practical suggestions that can be applied immediately to SMC/NRO programs to mitigate software risks. Topics covered include COTS software lessons learned, object-oriented metrics, the Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) and Common Operating Environment (COE), human systems integration, and selecting a capable software contractor team.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 2002
Accession Number
ADA406998

Entities

People

  • J. S. Kerner
  • K. L. Owens
  • L. A. Abelson
  • R. J. Adams
  • S. Eslinger

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Protocols
  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Electronic Mail
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Information Systems
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • World Geodetic System

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Software Engineering.