2nd International Off-the-Shelf Development Method Workshop Report

presentation given at the 6th IEEE International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS) 2007, Alberta, Canada (February-March 2007)

A Best Practices Survey of the Rail Road Industry

Presented: January 2004

A Framework for the Specification of Acquisition Models

A Framework for the Specification of Acquisition Models

A Method for Reasoning About an Acquisition Strategy

Presented: January 2005

A Process-Oriented (Practical) Approach to Program Office Systems Engineering Management Using the CMMI-AM as a Guide

Presented: January 2005

A Survey of Systems Engineering Effectiveness: Initial Results

A Survey of Systems Engineering Effectiveness: Initial Results

A Systems Thinking Approach to Building and Updating C4ISR Architecture Views

Presented: January 2003

A Taxonomy of Operational Risks

A Taxonomy of Operational Risks

A Taxonomy of Security-Related Requirements

A Taxonomy of Security-Related Requirements

A Technical Overview of Risk and Opportunity Management

A technical overview of systemic risk and opportunity management for distributed environments.

Accelerating the Adoption of Improved Practices Using Acquisition Pilots

Presented: January 2004

Achieving Quality Requirements with Reused Software Components: Challenges to Successful Reuse

Presented: May 2005

Acquiring Evolving Technologies: Web Services Standards

Acquiring Evolving Technologies: Web Services Standards

Acquiring Evolving Technologies: Web Services Standards

Presented: October 2006

Acquisition Archetypes: Brooks' Law

From the Acquisition Support Program, one in a series of short papers on acquisition patterns of failure.

Acquisition Archetype: Brooks' Law

What happens when a program chooses to ignore Brooks' Law? This archetype explains the dynamics behind Brooks' Law and why it applies to most programs.

Acquisition Archetypes: Everything for Everybody

When projects attempt to please too many customers, complexity mounts, schedules slip, costs expand ... and no one is happy.

Acquisition Archetypes: Feeding the Sacred Cow

Some programs take on a life of their own--privileged, and woven into an organization's existence. But when "sacred cow" projects begin to go wrong, that privilege and protection makes fixing them even more difficult.

Acquisition Archetypes: Firefighting

All hands on deck helps put out the immediate blazes threatening projects, but falling into a routine of constant firefighting is not the way to guide a project across the finish line.

Acquisition Archetypes: Happy Path Testing

From the Acquisition Support Program, one in a series of short papers on acquisition patterns of failure.

Acquisition Archetype: Happy Path Testing

When time and budget are tight, it's tempting to follow the "happy path" in testing. But be careful: it may be a path that brings your program great unhappiness.

Acquisition Archetypes: Longer Begets Bigger

Planning for a long development period doesn't always solve acquisition scheduling problems. Sometimes it makes them worse.

Acquisition Archetypes: PMO versus Contractor Hostility

Everyone intends the best in project-driven marriages of PMOs and contractors, but good intentions can't overcome the hostility generated by loss of trust and squabbles in poorly developed relationships.

Acquisition Archetypes: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

In today's acquisition environment, where progress is sometimes measured by dollars spent, underspending is not a virtue. In fact, it can lead to having funds shifted to another program.

Acquisition Archetypes: Staff Burnout and Turnover

Applying more pressure on staff can temporarily increase productivity, but burnout soon sets in.

Acquisition Archetypes: The Bow Wave Effect

Acquisition Archetypes: The Bow Wave Effect

Acquisition Archetypes: Underbidding the Contract

From the Acquisition Support Program, one in a series of short papers on acquisition patterns of failure. Acquisition Archetype: Underbidding the Contract

Acquisition Modeling: The Key to Managing Acquisition Complexity?

3rd OSD Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems, January 2004

Acquisition Oversight as a Function of Program Office Capability

Presented: January 2004

Acquisition Pilot: The Application of OAR in a Lead System Integrator Context

Presented: January 2004

Acquisition Practices: Good and Bad

Presented: January 2003

Acquisition Process Improvement in Stealth Mode: is It IDEAL?

A presentation made by the Joe Wickless of the SEI at the 2009 SEPG: Acquisition Process Improvement in Stealth Mode: is It IDEAL?

Acquisition Support Program Overview

Presented: March 2006

Acquisition Support: Helping Programs Succeed

Presented: March 2007

Acquisition Support: Helping Programs Succeed (2008)

Acquisition Support: Helping Programs Succeed (2008)

Advanced Engineering Environments for Small Manufacturing Enterprises

Presented: January 2003

Air Force Software Intensive Systems Strategic Improvement Program (AFSSIP)

Presented: January 2004

An Acquirer's Guide to Navigating Contractor Data

Presented: January 2004

An Alternative to TRLs for COTS Software-Intensive Systems

Presented: January 2004

An Examination of a Structural Modeling Risk Probe Technique

An Examination of a Structural Modeling Risk Probe Technique

An Innovative Requirements Solution: Combining Six Sigma KJ Language Data Analysis With Automated Content Analysis

Presented at SEPG North America 2009 by Ira Monarch, Dennis Goldenson, and Robert Stoddard:

An Innovative Requirements Solution: Combining Six Sigma KJ Language Data Analysis With Automated Content Analysis

Analyzing and Specifying Reusable Security Requirements

A system cannot have high assurance if it has poor security, and thus, requirements for high assurance systems will logically include security requirement as well as availability, reliability, and robustness requirements.

Applying CMMI, Software Architecture Principles, and Process Improvement in a DoD Acquisition

presentation given at the 2007 SEPG Conference, March 2007, Austin, Texas

Applying Software Architecture

presented at the Software in Acquisition Workshop, October 2007

Architectural Aspects of Long-Lived Ground Systems

Presented: May 2006

Architectural Aspects of Long-Lived Ground Systems (2006)

Architectural Aspects of Long-Lived Ground Systems (2006)

Army Strategic Software Improvement Program (ASSIP) Survey of Army Acquisition Managers

Army Strategic Software Improvement Program (ASSIP) Survey of Army Acquisition Managers

Assurance Cases for Design Analysis of Complex System of Systems Software

Stephen Blanchette of the SEI made this presentation at the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Infotech@Aerospace Conference in April 2009:

Assurance Cases for Design Analysis of Complex System of Systems Software

Assuring Mission Success in Complex Settings

Presented: March 2007

Benchmarking for Improvement in Army Acquisition

Benchmarking for Improvement in Army Acquisition

CMMI Today

Presented: January 2004

CMMI Version 1.2 and Beyond

Presented: March 2006

CMMI for Acquisition Organizations: The Next Wave of Outsourcing SEPG 2006

presentation made at the SEPG 2006 symposium, March 6-9, 2006, Nashville, Tennessee

CMMI: The DoD Perspective

Presented: October 2006

COTS Acquisition Evaluation Process: Preacher's Practice

COTS Acquisition Evaluation Process: Preacher's Practice

COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management

COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management

Collaborative Government/Contractor SCAMPI Appraisal

Presented: January 2004

Comanche Process Improvement Vision and Initiatives

Presented: January 2004

Common Elements of Risk

Common Elements of Risk

Complex Systems of Systems (CSOS): Software Benefits, Risks, and Strategies

Presented: January 2003

Continuous Risk Management Guidebook

The Continuous Risk Management Guidebook describes the underlying principles, concepts, and functions of risk management and provides guidance on how to implement it as a continuous practice in your projects and organization.

Defense Systems Systems Engineering

Presented: January 2004

Defining Acquisition Measures: The Integrated Software Acquisition Metrics (ISAM) Project

Presented: January 2003

Designing for Reuse of Configurable Logic

Designing for Reuse of Configurable Logic

Developing Enterprise-wide Measures for Tracking Acquisition Performance

Presented: January 2003

Diagnostic Software: What Your Developer Doesn't Know

Presented: January 2005

Early Warning Indicators in the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems

Presented: January 2004

Effect of Software Support Needs on DoD Software Acquisition Policy: Part 1: A Framework for Analyzing Legal Issues, The

The Effect of Software Support Needs on DoD Software Acquisition Policy: Part 1: A Framework for Analyzing Legal Issues

Engineering Safety- and Security-Related Requirement for Software-Intensive Systems

Full day tutorial presented in May 2007

Engineering Safety- and Security-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems

presentation given at the 6th IEEE International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS) 2007, Alberta, Canada (February-March 2007)

Engineering Safety- and Security-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems (SEPG 2006)

Presented by Donald Firesmith at SEPG 2006.

Engineering Safety-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems

Presented: March 2006

Engineering Safety-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems (September 2005)

Presented: September 2005

Enterprise Architecture and COTS Intensive System Acquisition Strategies

Presented: January 2003

Enterprise Process Improvement Approach

Presented: January 2003

Evaluating Artifact Quality from an Appraisal Perspective

This technical note explores the lack of agreement among SCAMPI Lead Appraisers about what “artifact quality” means in the SCAMPI process context.

Evaluating Process Quality from an Appraisal Perspective

This technical note explores the lack of agreement among SCAMPI Lead Appraisers about what “process quality” means in the SCAMPI process context.

Evolutionary Acquisition of the Future Combat Systems (FCS)

Presented: January 2004

Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems (EPIC) Building, Fielding, and Supporting Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) Based Solutions

Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems (EPIC) Building, Fielding, and Supporting Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) Based Solutions

Executive Overview of SEI MOSAIC: Managing for Success Using a Risk-Based Approach

Executive Overview of SEI MOSAIC: Managing for Success Using a Risk-Based Approach

Experience and Lessons-Learned in Applying the Tri-Service Assessment Initiative Process

presentation at the Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems, January 28-30, 2003

Fourteen SCEs Around the World in Less than 40 Days

Presented: January 2003

From The Monitor August 2003: Ask the SEI

Acquisition Support Program Director answers the question: What is the SEI's long-term strategy for cross-functional integration across the various SEI competencies.

Future Trends in Systems and Software Engineering

presentation from the Second Annual Systems Engineering Conference of the National Reconnaissance Office on June 4, 2008

Getting Program Decision- Makers to Use and be Part of Risk Management Process

presentation made at International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) 2007, San Diego, June 24-29, 2007

Guidelines for Acquisition Planning (January 2004)

Presented: January 2004

How Future Trends in Systems and Software Engineering Bode Well for Enabling Improved Acquisition and Performance of Defense Systems

Kenneth Nidiffer delivered  this presentation, How Future Trends in Systems and Software Engineering Bode Well for Enabling Improved Acquisition and Performance of Defense Systems, at the 11th Annual Systems Engineering Conference in October 2008.

Identifying Acquisition Patterns of Failure Using System Archetypes

Linda Levine and Bill Novak of the Acquisition Support Program authored this presentation for the IEEE Systems Conference in April 2008: Identifying Acquisition Patterns of Failure Using System Archetypes: Finding The Root Problem of Acquisition Problems

Identifying Acquisition Patterns of Failure Using Systems Archetypes

Identifying Acquisition Patterns of Failure Using Systems Archetypes

Identifying Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Product Risks: The COTS Usage Risk Evaluation

Identifying Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Product Risks: The COTS Usage Risk Evaluation

Identifying Risks in Outsourcing Software-Intensive Projects

Presented: January 2004

Implementing Best Practices in the Joint Battlespace Infosphere (JBI) Program at AFRL

IPresented: January 2003

Improving Acquisition through COTS Risk Identification

A presentation made during the 2004 SIS Conference: Improving Acquisition through COTS Risk Identification.

Improving Software Acquisition Processes: A Study of Real Project Costs

Presented: January 2004

Improving the Acquisition of Software Intensive Systems

Improving the Acquisition of Software Intensive Systems

Improving the Management of the Software Acquisition Process: a Methodological Approach in Automotive

Presented: January 2004

Incorporating Software Requirements into the System RFP: Survey of RFP Language for Software by Topic, v. 2.0

This special report is a compilation of request-for-proposal language samples used in Department of Defense software acquisition. The report also reviews federal acquisition guidelines.

Independent Integrated Verification and Validation

Presented: January 2003

Integrated Architecture Development

Presented: January 2004

Integrated Diagnostics: Operational Missions, Diagnostic Types, Characteristics, and Capability Gaps

Integrated Diagnostics: Operational Missions, Diagnostic Types, Characteristics, and Capability Gaps

Integrating Warfighter-Driven System-of-Systems Integration Into the Acquisition Life Cycle

presentation delivered at the Systems & Software Technology Conference (SSTC): Transforming: Business, Security, Warfighting, in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1-4 May 2006

Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Background

Presented: March 2006

Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Conclusion

Presented: March 2006

Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Engineering

Presented: March 2006

Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Generic Practices

Presented: March 2006

Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Project Management

Presented: March 2006

Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Support

Presented: March 2006

Introduction the CMMI Acquisition Module: Using CMMI Acquisition

Presented: March 2006

Is There Order or Chaos After 5000?

presentation at the Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems, January 28-30, 2003

Iterative RFP Project Management

Presented: January 2004

Keynote Address: Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems

keynote presentation from the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference, January 28-30, 2003

Lessons Learned Applying the Mission Diagnostic

Lessons Learned Applying the Mission Diagnostic

Lessons Learned on Cooperative Government-Industry Appraisals

Presented: January 2003

MFESA One-Day Tutorial SSTC 2009

Donald Firesmith of the SEI presented a one-day tutorial in the Method Framework for Engineering Systems Architectures (MFESA) at the 2009 SSTC in April 2009.

Managing Software Risks in Software Intensive Systems with Metrics and Measures

presentation at the Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems, January 28-30, 2003

Measurement for Improvement: Successful Measurement Practices Used in Army Software Acquisition

This concise report summarizes the findings of a study conducted for the Army to find and describe software measurement practices that are being used successfully. The study looked at practices in a group of Army programs.

Method Engineering and COTS Evaluation

Method Engineering and COTS Evaluation

Method Engineering using OPFRO

Presented: June 2006

Method Framework for Engineering System Architecture

A one-day tutorial presentation of the Method Framework for Engineering System Architecture, delivered in March 2009 at the IEEE International Systems Conference by Donald Firesmith.

Mission Diagnostic Protocol, Version 1.0: A Risk-Based Approach for Assessing the Potential for Success

Mission Diagnostic Protocol, Version 1.0: A Risk-Based Approach for Assessing the Potential for Success

Model - Appraisal Method Interactions

Presented: November 2004

Model-Based Improvement

Presented: September 2007

Multi-View Decision Making (MVDM) Workshop

This report describes a workshop at which the value provided by multi-view decision making (MVDM) was presented and discussed. MVDM is a set of programmatic and engineering practices that reflect the realities of system-of-systems development, acquisition, fielding, and support for complex development efforts.

NAVAIR Software Acquisition Improvement

Presented: January 2004

NAVAIR/SEI/MITRE Strategic Collaboration

presentation from the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference, January 28-30, 2003

Networked Technologies: The Role of Networks in the Diffusion and Adoption of Software Process Improvement (SPI) Approaches

Method Engineering and COTS Evaluation

New Directions in Risk: A Success-Oriented Approach (2009)

presented in San Jose, California, at the 21st Annual SEPG North America 2009 conference March 23-26, 2009

Podcast: Becoming A Smart Buyer of Software

In this podcast, Brian Gallagher, former director of the Acquisition Support Program at the SEI, discusses what business leaders need to know when acquiring or purchasing software, along with implications for security. 

Preview of the Mission Assurance Analysis Protocol (MAAP): Assessing Risk and Opportunity in Complex Environments

The SEI Mission-Oriented Success Analysis and Improvement Criteria (MOSAIC) is a management approach for establishing and maintaining confidence that key objectives will be achieved successfully. The Mission Assurance Analysis Protocol (MAAP) is one of the assessments included in MOSAIC. A MAAP assessment provides a systematic, in-depth analysis of the potential for success in distributed, complex, and uncertain environments and can be applied across the life cycle and throughout the supply chain. It produces a broad, yet detailed, view of a distributed project or process and provides a foundation for collaboratively managing the success potential of a project or process over time. With MAAP, an operational model reflecting the current state is first developed. The model is then analyzed to establish the probability of achieving key objectives as well as to identify any relevant risks and opportunities that can have an impact on the ability to achieve key objectives. The purpose of this document is to preview the framework, or core set of activities and outputs, that defines a MAAP assessment. Because MAAP is a work in progress, future documents will reflect, as appropriate, any changes in the protocol or its underlying concepts.

Principles in a DoD Acquisition Principles in a DoD Acquisition

Presented: October 2008

Process Improvement and CMMI: Developing Complex Systems Using CCMI to Achieve Effective Systems and Software Engineering Integration

Process Improvement and CMMI: Developing Complex Systems Using CCMI to Achieve Effective Systems and Software Engineering Integration

Process In Execution Review (PIER) and the SCAMPI B Method

Presented: November 2005

Process and Procedure Definition: A Primer

Presented: March 2007

Project Management by Functional Capability

Presented: March 2006

Proposal for a New Rights in Software Clause for Software Acquisitions by the Department of Defense

Proposal for a New Rights in Software Clause for Software Acquisitions by the Department of Defense

QUASAR: A Method for the Quality Assessment of Software-Intensive System Architectures

QUASAR: A Method for the Quality Assessment of Software-Intensive System Architectures

Quality Assessment System Architectures

Presented: October 2006

Quality Assessment of System Architectures and Their Requirements

Presented: March 2007

Quality Assessment of System Architectures that their Requirements (QUASAR) Version 3.0

Quality Assessment of System Architectures that their Requirements (QUASAR) Version 3.0

Quantitative Methods for Software Selection and Evaluation

Quantitative Methods for Software Selection and Evaluation

Rapid Improvement Team (RIT) Initiative with GTN 21 - Lessons Learned from GTN 2

Presented: January 2003

Rapid and Adaptive System Acquisition

Presented: January 2003

Reconsidering the Role of Systems Engineering in DoD Software Problems

Presented: January 2004

Reducing System Acquisition Risk with Software Architecture Analysis and Evaluation

Presented: January 2003

Refining Software Development Estimation Techniques for the Federal Aviation Administration En-Route Systems Acquisition

Presented: January 2003

Reflections on Software Agility and Agile Methods: Challenges, Dilemmas, & the Way Ahead

Presented: May 2005

Reflections on Software Agility and Agile Methods: Challenges, Dilemmas, and the Way Ahead

Reflections on Software Agility and Agile Methods: Challenges, Dilemmas, and the Way Ahead

Renewing the Product Line Vision

Renewing the Product Line Vision was presented by Brady Campbell at the 12th International Software Product Line Conference.

Requirements Nightmare Put to Rest - F/A-18 Advanced Weapons Laboratory

Presented: January 2004

Requirements for a Software Chief Engineer for a Weapons Systems Acquisition

Presented: January 2004

Reusable Security Requirements

presentation from RE'2003 RHAS'03 Workshop, September 12, 2003

Revitalizing the Software Acquisition Process

presentation from the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference, January 28-30, 2003

Risk Based Diagnostics

Risk Based Diagnostics

Risk Management Considerations for Interoperable Acquisition

Risk Management Considerations for Interoperable Acquisition

Roadmap of Risk Diagnostic Methods: Developing an Integrated View of Risk Identification and Analysis Techniques, A

Roadmap of Risk Diagnostic Methods: Developing an Integrated View of Risk Identification and Analysis Techniques, A

Robustness Testing of Software-Intensive Systems: Explanation and Guide

Robustness Testing of Software-Intensive Systems: Explanation and Guide

Rules of Thumb for the Use of COTS Products

Rules of Thumb for the Use of COTS Products

SA-CMM in a Large Complex Program

Presented: January 2003

SCAMPI B/C Pilots in Acquisition Environments

Presented: January 2004

SCAMPI Lessons Learned from Experiences in the Field

Presented: March 2006

SCAMPI-B for Contract Monitoring

Presented: March 2007

SOSI: System of Systems Interoperability

Presented: January 2004

SSA's Journey to SW-CMM ML3 and Transition to CMMI

Presented: January 2005

Samsung SDS' Experience Performing SCAMPI Class A with the People CMM

Presented: January 2005

Scenario-Driven System Engineering (SDSE) for System of Systems Acquisition

Presented: January 2004

Schedule Considerations for Interoperable Acquisition

Schedule Considerations for Interoperable Acquisition

Seeking the Balance Between Government and Industry Interests in Software Acquisition. Volume I. A Basis for Reconciling DoD and Industry Needs for Rights in Software

Seeking the Balance Between Government and Industry Interests in Software Acquisition. Volume I. A Basis for Reconciling DoD and Industry Needs for Rights in Software

Service Level Agreements: An Approach to Software Life-Cycle Quality

Presented: January 2003

Software Acquisition Best Practices 2004 Edition

Presented: January 2004

Software Acquisition Best Practices Workshop (January 2004)

Presented: January 2004

Software Acquisition Best Practices: Experiences from the Space System Domain

presentation from the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference, January 28-30, 2003

Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model

Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model

Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model (SA-CMM) Version 1.03

Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model (SA-CMM) Version 1.03

Software Acquisition Improvement Framework (SAIF) Definition

Software Acquisition Improvement Framework (SAIF) Definition

Software Acquisition Life Cycle Measure Plan based on the revised

Presented: January 2004

Software Acquisition Planning Guidelines

Software Acquisition Planning Guidelines

Software Acquisition Process Maturity Questionnaire

Software Acquisition Process Maturity Questionnaire

Software Acquisition Risk Management Key Process Area (KPA): A Guidebook Version 1.02

Software Acquisition Risk Management Key Process Area (KPA): A Guidebook Version 1.02

Software Acquisition Survival Skills: Helping the DoD and Government Program Offices Improve Acquisition of Software and Systems

Software Acquisition Survival Skills: Helping the DoD and Government Program Offices Improve Acquisition of Software and Systems

Software Best Practices Clearinghouse

Presented: January 2004

Software Engineering Institute Acquisition Support Program Architecture Product Update

Software Engineering Institute Acquisition Support Program Architecture Product Update

Software Intensive System Acquisition: Best Practices

Presented: January 2003

Software Outsourcing with CMMI

Presented: November 2005

Software Patents: Innovation or Litigation?

Software Patents: Innovation or Litigation?

Software Product Lines in Acquisition

Presented: January 2003

Software Product Maturity in SIS Source Selection

Presented: January 2004

Software Regression Testing

Presented: January 2003

Software Reviews Since Acquisition Reform - The Artifact Perspective

Presented: January 2004

Software Sustainability and Acquisition Reform: A View from the Bottom

Presented: January 2003

Software's "Inoperable" Interoperability Problem

Presented: January 2004

Software-Intensive Systems Producibility

Presented: May 2006

Software-Intensive Systems Producibility: A Vision and Roadmap (v 0.1)

Software-Intensive Systems Producibility: A Vision and Roadmap (v 0.1)

Specifying Initial Design Review (IDR) and Final Design Review (FDR) Criteria

Specifying Initial Design Review (IDR) and Final Design Review (FDR) Criteria

Specifying Initial Design Review and Final Design Review Criteria

Presented: October 2006

Spiral Development and Evolutionary Acquisition

Spiral Development and Evolutionary Acquisition

Successful Acquisition of FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radar

Presented: January 2004

Survey of Systems Engineering Effectiveness - Initial Results, A

This survey quantifies the relationship between the application of Systems Engineering (SE) best practices to projects and programs, and the performance of those projects and programs.

Surveying Systems Engineering Effectiveness

Presented: January 2005

Sustaining Software-Intensive Systems

Sustaining Software-Intensive Systems

Sustaining Software-Intensive Systems - A Conundrum

Presented at the Ground System Architectures Workshop 2006

Sustaining Software-Intensive Systems: A Conundrum

Presented: January 2005

System of Systems Architecture and TSPR Contractor Model

Presented: January 2003

Systems, Networks and Information Integration Context for Software Assurance

Presented: January 2004

TRL Corollaries for Practice-Based Technologies

Presented: January 2003

Tailoring and Combining the CMMI-ACQ and Quality Models to Improve the Military’s Requirements Process

Presented: March 2006

Techniques for Developing an Acquisition Strategy by Profiling Software Risks

Techniques for Developing an Acquisition Strategy by Profiling Software Risks

The Acquisition Support Program

The Acquisition Support Program

The Adventures of Ricky and Stick

This book isn't an official guide to best practice, and it certainly isn't a textbook. But in a kind of off-beat way, it's an entertaining yet insightful look at some of the things that can really happen in software acquisition.

The Business Case for Requirements Engineering

presentation from RE'2003 RHAS'03 Workshop, September 12, 2003

The Incompatibility Between Software Component Based Development and Present UK MoD Procurement Approaches

Presented: January 2003

The Last Phase of Process Change - Deployment

A presentation made by Rick Barbour and Barbara Tyson at the 8th Annual CMMI Technology and Users Conference in November 2008.

The Last Phase of Process Change - Deployment

The Method-Framework for Engineering Systems Architectures (MFESA)

Presented by Don Firesmith on March 12, 2008

The Role of the Revised IEEE Standard Dictionary of Measures of the Software Aspects of Dependability in Software Acquisition

Presented: January 2003

The SCAMPI Appraisal Method: Top Ten Myths (2004 Edition)

Presented: November 2004

The Software Maturity Matrix: A Software Performance Metric

Presented: January 2003

The State of Practice in DoD Acquisitions, and Some Proposed Alternatives

Presented: January 2003

The UK/US Bilateral on Improving Military Software Intensive System Acquisition - A UK View

The UK/US Bilateral on Improving Military Software Intensive System Acquisition - A UK View

They Keep Moving the Cheese

Presented: January 2003

Toward a Reform of the Defense Department Software Acquisition Policy

Toward a Reform of the Defense Department Software Acquisition Policy

Transformation of a Software Development Organization Using  Software Acquisition Practices: A Case Study

presentation delivered at the Systems & Software Technology Conference (SSTC): Transforming: Business, Security, Warfighting, in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1-4 May 2006

Transforming an Agency in an Interagency Environment

presentation at the Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems, January 28-30, 2003

Tri-Service Assessment Initiative Phase 2 Systemic Analysis Results

Presented: January 2003

Tutorial: Quality Assessment Of System Architectures and Their Requirements (QUASAR)

A tutorial presented by Donald Firesmith at the 9th Annual Systems Engineering Conference, October 23-27, 2006, in San Diego, California.

Tutorial: The Method-Framework for Engineering System Architectures (MFESA)

Tutorial: The Method-Framework for Engineering System Architectures (MFESA).
Delivered by Donald Firesmith at the IEEE International Systems Conference, March 23-26,  2009.

U.S. Army Acquisition: The Program Executive Officer Perspective

U.S. Army Acquisition: The Program Executive Officer Perspective

U.S. Army Acquisition: The Program Office Perspective

U.S. Army Acquisition: The Program Office Perspective

US/UK/AUS Trilateral Software Intensive Systems Acquisition Improvement Group (SISAIG)

Presented: January 2004

Use of CMMI in Acquisition Environments (2006)

presentation delivered at the Systems & Software Technology Conference (SSTC): Transforming: Business, Security, Warfighting, in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1-4 May 2006

Use of Questionnaire-Based Appraisals in Process Improvement Programs

presentation at the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference, January 28, 2003, in Arlington, Virginia

Using EVMS with COTS-Based Systems

Using EVMS with COTS-Based Systems

Using a Service Oriented Approach in TSAT

Using a Service Oriented Approach in TSAT

Using the CMMI® in Acquisition Environments

Presented: January 2004

Using the Mission Diagnostic: Lessons Learned (2008)

presented at SEPG 2008, March 17-20, 2008 Tampa, Florida

Using the OPEN Process Framework to Produce a Situation-Specific Requirements Engineering Method

Using the OPEN Process Framework to Produce a Situation-Specific Requirements Engineering Method

What About Ada? The State of the Technology in 2003

This report documents a recent investigation which characterized the technical and programmatic risks in reusing significant quantities of legacy Ada code in a new system.

Why Isn't Someone Coding Yet (WISCY)?

Presented: May 2004

Why Not Network Centric Acquisition?

Presented: January 2004

Working with Small Manufacturing Enterprises: An Analysis of TIDE

Working with Small Manufacturing Enterprises: An Analysis of TIDE

eQualite: Quality Assessment of Software Suppliers

Presented: January 2003