A Process for COTS Software Product Evaluation

Abstract

The growing use of commercial software products in large systems makes evaluation and selection of appropriate products an increasingly essential activity. However, many organizations struggle in their attempts to select appropriate software products for use in systems. As part of a cooperative effort, the Software Engineering Institute and National Research Council Canada have defined a tailorable commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software product evaluation process that can support organizations in making carefully reasoned and sound product decisions. The background fundamentals for that evaluation process, as well as steps and techniques to follow, are described in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA443491

Entities

People

  • Edwin Morris
  • Erin Harper
  • Grace Lewis
  • John Dean
  • Patricia Oberndorf
  • Santiago Comella-dorda

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Delphi Method
  • Engineers
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Information Systems
  • Intellectual Property
  • Management Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Test And Evaluation
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design