Virtual System Acquisition: Approach and Transitions

Abstract

There is a pressing need to make software system acquisition more agile and adaptive, through evolutionary modeling, simulation, and development of the system being acquired. Here we'll describe a new vision for the re-tooling and reengineering software system acquisition into a form we call VISTA, denoting an approach to the virtual acquisition of these systems. We will describe this new approach, and then discuss the technical and organizational transitions that must be investigated and managed to ensure the eventual success of such a radical change to software system acquisition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA487901

Entities

People

  • Barry Boehm
  • Walt Scacchi

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Systems
  • Prototypes
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Virtual Prototyping
  • Web Browsers

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design