A Method for Aligning Acquisition Strategies and Software Architectures
Abstract
In the acquisition of a software-intensive system, the relationship between the software architecture and the acquisition strategy is typically not carefully examined. To remedy this lack, a research team at the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has focused a multiyear effort to discover an initial set of failure patterns that result when these entities become misaligned and identify a set of desired relationships among the business and mission goals, system and software architectures, and the acquisition strategy. This report describes the result of the third year of the SEI s research, where the team defined a method that indicates such areas of misalignment (i.e., between a program s architecture and acquisition strategy). The alignment method is used as early in a program s lifetime as practical, ideally before the architecture or acquisition strategy has attained full definition. The authors illustrate the method by means of a case study, during which many of the key elements of the method were piloted.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA610661
Entities
People
- Cecilia Albert
- David J. Carney
- Lisa Brownsword
- Patrick R.H. Place
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University