Combining Architecture-Centric Engineering with the Team Software Process

ACE methods and the TSP provides an iterative approach for delivering high quality systems on time and within budget. The combined approach helps organizations that must set an architecture/developer team...

A Framework for Modeling the Software Assurance Ecosystem: Insights from the Software Assurance Landscape Project

This report describes the SEI Assurance Modeling Framework and discusses an initial piloting of the framework to prove its value and insights gained from that piloting for the adoption of...

Why Is R&D in the Cyber and Software Engineering Environment Different? (SSTC 2010)

Terry Roberts addresses why R&D in cyber and software engineering is different, how to research the federal lab landscape for opportunities, and how focus our R&D initiatives.

Data Model as an Architectural View

This 2009 report describes the data model as an architectural style in an effort to help architects apply this style to create data model architectural views.

Service Level Agreements in Service-Oriented Architecture Environments

This 2008 report surveys the state of practice in service level agreement specification and offers guidelines on how to assure that services are provided with high availability, security, performance, and...