Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon

Introduction to CBS Lessons Pages
Organization of Lessons
Lesson Categories
Architecture
Business Processes
Configuration Management
Customer & End User Relationship Management
DII COE
Integration & Testing
Modification
Contracting
Product Evaluation & Acquisition
Product Evaluation & Selection
Program Management
Skills
Requirements
Systems and Software Engineering
Technology Insertion
Vendor Relationships

Contracting

Lesson C1: Licensing brings specific procurement issues.

Licensing, at least on the scale necessitated by a COTS-based system, is likely a new activity for most programs. There are many issues that must be considered for you to be successful.

Lesson C2: The use of COTS products affects contracting for development and integration services in new ways, but other aspects remain the same.

In addition to licensing, other impacts of using COTS products must be accommodated in the procurement of a system. Experience, contract negotiation, CDRLs, and the contents of the statement of work are likely to be different when the subject is a COTS-based system.