Toward a Reform of the Defense Department Software Acquisition Policy

A series of about 120 interviews were conducted with DoD personnel and others recommended by them. This report is an organized catalog of software acquisition problems reported, along with some assessments of their seriousness.

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Author

Pam Samuelson

This report is related to the following area(s) of work:

Acquisition Support

Technical Report
CMU/SEI-86-TR-001
April 1986

Cite This Report

SEI:

Samuelson, Pamela; Toward a Reform of the Defense Department Software Acquisition Policy (CMU/SEI-86-TR-001 ). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1986. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/86tr001.cfm

IEEE:

P. Samuelson, "Toward a Reform of the Defense Department Software Acquisition Policy," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-86-TR-001 , 1986. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/86tr001.cfm

APA:

Samuelson, P., (1986). Toward a Reform of the Defense Department Software Acquisition Policy (CMU/SEI-86-TR-001 ). Retrieved May 24, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/86tr001.cfm

CHI:

Samuelson, Pamela, Toward a Reform of the Defense Department Software Acquisition Policy (CMU/SEI-86-TR-001 ). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1986. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/86tr001.cfm

MLA:

Samuelson, P., 1986. Toward a Reform of the Defense Department Software Acquisition Policy (Technical Report CMU/SEI-86-TR-001 ). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/86tr001.cfm

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