A Framework for Evaluating Common Operating Environments: Piloting, Lessons Learned, and Opportunities

This report explores the interdependencies among common language, business goals, and soft-ware architecture as the basis for a common framework for conducting evaluations of software technical solutions.

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...

Software Product Lines: Report of the 2010 U.S. Army Software Product Line Workshop

This report synthesizes presentations and discussions from a 2010 workshop to discuss product line practices and operational accomplishments.

System Architecture Virtual Integration: An Industrial Case Study

This report introduces key concepts of the SAVI paradigm, describe the POC scope, and discusses the series of development scenarios used in a POC demonstration to illustrate the feasibility of...

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...