Avoidable Software Procurements

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spends billions of dollars a year acquiring software, a great deal of which never gets used. Although a large portion of this software is sole source, considerable savings may be realized through the development of a check-in/check-out (CICO) system for software. Such a system would be similar to a library or a video rental store. The purpose of this Joint Applied Project is to offer a broad examination of the cost of commercial software procurement in the U.S. Department of Defense. Following an analysis of cost versus usage data, we propose that potential significant cost savings in commercial software procurement can be accomplished by implementing a check-in/check-out (CICO) system for software.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA567166

Entities

People

  • Kenneth C. Robinson
  • Raymond K. Koshi

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Application Software
  • Cloud Computing
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Centers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis