Software Development Standards and the DoD Program Manager

Abstract

During the last half of this century, the Department of Defense (DoD) has made an enormous investment in computer-based systems. To control the cost, timeliness and quality of automated defense systems, DoD established a framework of military standards and specifications. A recent policy change (Perry, 1994) removed the requirement for DoD program managers to adhere to this framework; nonetheless, the necessity remains for applying effective contractual software development standards. This paper describes the purpose and intent of the current military standard (DOD-STD-2167A) dealing with software development, and presents a model of the nonfactual process required to implement the standard. It also outlines the process which has been used to update and issue software standards. It concludes that the proper application of any DoD software development standard will con fin continue to be a difficult task which depends primarily on the capability of government program managers and which must accommodate the range of capabilities of individual software development contractors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA487667

Entities

People

  • Paul V. Shebalin

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Contracts
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Military Standards
  • Procurement
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Systems Management

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies