Product Line Acquisition in a DoD Organization—Guidance for Decision Makers
In the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition environment, many organizations have not seriously considered adopting a product line approach or are reluctant to because it is not a well-understood acquisition paradigm. Nonetheless, a compelling case can be made for adopting a product line approach because it addresses a problem facing many program managers today's how to cost-effectively acquire, develop, and maintain a set of related software-intensive systems and how to respond to the needs of greater product agility in the face of the current DoD transformation.
This technical note chronicles the decisions a program manager might face in considering the adoption of a product line approach. This report uses a hypothetical acquisition to focus on why an acquisition organization should consider adopting a product line approach €"instead of the traditional stovepipe approach €"when acquiring a number of software-intensive systems that have a lot in common. The technical note provides a program manager with insight into the many benefits of adopting a product line approach and examines alternative acquisition approaches for acquiring a product line capability.
Technical Note
CMU/SEI-2006-TN-020
March 2006
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SEI:
Bergey, John; & Cohen, Sholom. Product Line Acquisition in a DoD Organization—Guidance for Decision Makers (CMU/SEI-2006-TN-020). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2006. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/06tn020.cfm
IEEE:
J. Bergey, and S. Cohen, "Product Line Acquisition in a DoD Organization—Guidance for Decision Makers," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2006-TN-020, 2006. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/06tn020.cfm
APA:
Bergey, J., & Cohen, S. (2006). Product Line Acquisition in a DoD Organization—Guidance for Decision Makers (CMU/SEI-2006-TN-020). Retrieved May 23, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/06tn020.cfm
CHI:
Bergey, John, and Sholom Cohen. Product Line Acquisition in a DoD Organization—Guidance for Decision Makers (CMU/SEI-2006-TN-020). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2006. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/06tn020.cfm
MLA:
Bergey, J., & Cohen, S. 2006. Product Line Acquisition in a DoD Organization—Guidance for Decision Makers (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2006-TN-020). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/06tn020.cfm
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