The Position of Software in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for Space Systems

Abstract

This report addresses the issue of where software should reside in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for a space system. The report describes the various software activities that must be performed for space system development and provides recommendations as to where these activities belong in the standard product-oriented space system WBS structure, with specific focus on the very important cross-product software activities that must be accomplished on complex, software-intensive space systems. The report also recommends a specific organizational structure with responsibility for these cross-product software activities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 2006
Accession Number
ADA464270

Entities

People

  • S. Eslinger

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Organizational Structure
  • Product Development
  • Program Management
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Software Metrics
  • Software Testing
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Linear Algebra
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space