Briefing Report: Software Acquisition, A Series of Lectures Prepared for Acquisition/Logistics Excellence Week 2001
L.A. Abelson, Richard J. Adams, Suellen Eslinger, Kerner, J. S., K. L. Owens · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 2002
This report contains five lectures on topics in software acquisition that are critically important to SMC/NRO programs in today's acquisition environment. Software acquisition is always a high risk endeavor for SMC's/NRO's software-intensive systems. This series of lectures provides specific, practical suggestions that can be applied immediately to SMC/NRO programs to mitigate software risks. Topics covered include COTS software lessons learned, object-oriented metrics, the Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) and Common Operating Environment (COE), human systems integration, and selecting a capable software contractor team.