Agile Methods: Selected DoD Management and Acquisition Concerns

This technical note addresses some of the key issues that either must be understood to ease the adoption of Agile or are seen as potential barriers to adoption of Agile...

Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) A, Version 1.3: Method Definition Document

The SCAMPI Method Definition Document describes the requirements, activities, and practices associated with each of the processes that compose the SCAMPI method. It is intended to be one of the...

Performance Analysis of WS-Security Mechanisms in SOAP-Based Web Services

This paper presents the results of a series of experiments targeted at analyzing the performance impact of adding WS-Security, a common security standard used in IdM frameworks, to SOAP-based web...

Primer on SOA Terms

This white paper presents basic terminology related to Service- Oriented Architecture (SOA). The goal of the paper is to establish a baseline of terms for service-oriented systems.

Profiling Systems Using the Defining Characteristics of Systems of Systems (SoS)

This technical note identifies and describes the characteristics that have been used in various definitions of the term system of systems.