Use of the ATAM in the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems
Software architecture is critical to the quality of a software-intensive system. For an acquisition organization, such as the Department of Defense (DoD), the ability to evaluate software architectures early in an acquisition can have a favorable impact on the delivered system. This technical note discusses the role of software architecture evaluations in a system acquisition and describes the contractual elements that are needed to accommodate architecture evaluations in an acquisition. The note then provides an example of contractual language that incorporates the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM) as a software architecture evaluation method in a system acquisition.
Technical Note
CMU/SEI-2001-TN-009
September 2001
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SEI:
Bergey, John; & Fisher, Matthew. Use of the ATAM in the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems (CMU/SEI-2001-TN-009). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/01tn009.cfm
IEEE:
J. Bergey, and M. Fisher, "Use of the ATAM in the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2001-TN-009, 2001. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/01tn009.cfm
APA:
Bergey, J., & Fisher, M. (2001). Use of the ATAM in the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems (CMU/SEI-2001-TN-009). Retrieved May 24, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/01tn009.cfm
CHI:
Bergey, John, and Matthew Fisher. Use of the ATAM in the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems (CMU/SEI-2001-TN-009). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/01tn009.cfm
MLA:
Bergey, J., & Fisher, M. 2001. Use of the ATAM in the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2001-TN-009). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/01tn009.cfm
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