The table below represents activities and tasks that software engineers must be aware of, participate in or be responsible for the development of. The table is a good point of reference for planning purposes and should be addressed in the Software Development Plan (SDP).     

Software Activity	Software Engineer’s Responsibility
	Awareness	Participant	Write	Review
Acquisition Strategy		X	X
Capabilities Based Assessment	X
Clinger-Cohen Act		X		X
Commercial off-the-Shelf (COTS)		X		X
Conducting Source Selection		X	X
Cost Analysis Requirements Description (CARD)		X	X
Data Management Strategy (DMS)		X	X
Earn Value Management (EVMS)	X			X
Human System Integration (HSI)	X			X
Integrated Baseline Review (IBR)				X
Integrated Master Plan (IMP)		X	X	X
Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)		X	X	X
Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCMP)	X	X
Multiple Development Contractors	X
Net Centric Data Strategy		X
Open Architecture (OA)			X
Peer Reviews		X		X
Planning for Independent Verification & Validation		X
Process Maturity (CMMI)		X
Quality Assurance – Software		X		X
Request for Proposal (RFP)		X	X
Requirements Traceability				X
RFP Evaluation Factors (Section M)	X		X
RFP Instructions (Section L)	X		X
Risk Management		X	X	X
Safety-Critical Software		X
Selecting Software Items for CDRLS	X	X	X
Software Acquisition Management Plan (SWAMP)			X
Software Architecture		X
Software Configuration Management		X		X
Software Configuration Management Plan (SCMP)		X	X	X
Software Cost Estimation		X		X
Software Data Rights		X	X
Software Information Assurance (IA)		X		X
Software Metrics		X	X	X
Software Requirement Development and Management		X		X
Software Size Estimation			X	X
Software Test and Evaluation Master Plan			X
Source Selection Plan		X
Statement of Objectives (SOO)			X
Statement of Work (SOW)			X	X
Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)	X
Systems Requirements Document (SRD)	X			X
Technical Reviews and Audits				X
Technology Development Strategy (TDS)		X	X
Test and Evaluation Strategy		X	X
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)		X		X

AcqLinks and References:

• SMC Software Acquisition Guidebook – Activity Map
• Image of Software Activity Map
• USAF Weapon Systems Software Management Guidebook
• Mil-STD-498 “Software Development and Documentation” – 5 Dec 1994
• MIL-STD-498 “Application and Reference Guidebook” – 3 Jan 1996
• Software Development Plan Information Outline
• Template: Software Development Plan – SPAWAR
• Website: MIL-STD-498 Software Documentation

Updated: 7/26/2021

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