Software Management

Software Management

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Process

The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Process is the structured approach to developing software for a system or project. There are several approaches (see Software Development Approaches) that can be used to include waterfall, spiral and incremental development. These different approaches will focus the testing effort at different points in the development process. However, each …

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Software Source Selection Considerations

  Software Source Selection Consideration for Computer Systems & Software (CS&S) tasks includes: Creating CS&S Request for Proposal (RFP) content Accomplishing Software Proposal Evaluation   It’s should be the objective to select developers with sound approaches; applicable domain experience in the development of software-intensive systems; proven program management, systems engineering, and software engineering processes; and …

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Software Size Control

  The software development process often results in software size growth due to additional decomposed and derived requirements at the lower system tiers. A typical challenge for embedded systems is that software size often grows under the radar, unconstrained, unmanaged, and unattended.  In order to combat this situation, consider establishing a software size control program. …

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Software RFP Content

Software is addressed in the Request for Proposal (RFP) in order to solicit proposals that provide the information to support an effective Government evaluation and identification of strengths, deficiencies, uncertainties, weaknesses, and risks related to software. The sections is an RFP that should address software include: [1] Statement of Objectives (SOO) Statement of Work (SOW) …

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