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New systems often involve significant reuse of various software artifacts (i.e., requirements, design, code, and test data). The percentage of software being proposed for reuse has grown from 20%, to 60%, to 80% or more. Some current embedded systems involve nearly 100% reuse of existing systems and software components. This is not in line with […]

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a Project Management technique for measuring project performance and progress in an objective manner. It’s a key integrating process in the management and oversight of acquisition programs, including Software Management. EVM must be applied to manage and control software development and the strategy should be included in the Software Development

The Enterprise Integration Toolkit provides Program Managers (PMs) with a repeatable Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) implementation process, a knowledge repository that incorporates both government and commercial industry best practices and lessons learned, and a Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, and Extensions (RICE) Repository. The objectives of the Enterprise Integration Toolkit are to assure cost savings within the program, to

  The Cost and Software Data Reporting (CSDR) system is the primary means that DoD uses to collect actual cost and related business data on Acquisition Category (ACAT) I and ACAT IA defense contracts. Program Managers (PM) use the CSDR system to report data on contractor development and production costs and resource usage incurred in

Data Rights Requirements Analysis (DRRA) is a determination of the contemplated present uses of the software or other deliverables, as well as an assessment of any future, uses of the software products or tools used in a contractor’s production. It’s part of determining the use of Intellectual Property (IP) and Data Rights. It should be

Discrepancy Reporting is a process that is established for tracking software, hardware, system, integration, test case, and facility problems in order to document, control, and test the changes required for problems found. Problems should be documented in a discrepancy reporting system at the time of discovery, rather than waiting until the problem is fully analyzed

  Ada is a structured, statically typed imperative computer programming language designed by a team led by Jean Ichbiah of CII Honeywell Bull during 1977-1983 under contract to the DoD. It addresses many of the same tasks as C or C++, but with one of the best type-safety systems available in a statically typed programming

Most software projects fail completely or partially because they don’t meet all their requirements. These requirements can be the cost, schedule, quality, or requirements objectives. According to many studies, the failure rate of software projects ranges between 50% – 80%. Common Software Failure Causes There are a variety of causes for software failures, but the

Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a process improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes, which will improve their performance. CMMI-based process improvement includes identifying an organization’s process strengths and weaknesses and making process changes to turn weaknesses into strengths. The CMMI model provides organizations a rating on a numerical

The USAF Weapons System Software Management Guide is intended to help acquisition and sustainment organizations more rapidly and more predictably deliver capability by learning from the past, establishing realistic and executable plans, applying systems engineering processes in a disciplined manner, and engineering systems right the first time. The purpose of this guidebook is to provide