Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems

Call for Participation

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) were pleased to announce the Third Annual Conference on the Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems. This was an opportunity for government acquisition organization employees, their support agencies (i.e., support contractors, FFRDCs), and federal government contractors to share experiences and insights about acquisition.

Description

The Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems Conference focussed on improving complex systems acquisition throughout government. The experience and expertise of practitioners in the field provides the best insight for professionals who are trying to enhance the effectiveness of their acquisition methods and techniques. We encourage you to submit proposals for presentations or tutorials that explore key issues currently of interest to the government acquisitions community.

Conference Topics

The following were a few suggestions for session topics:

• State of acquisition practice in federal (and state) agencies
• Experiences with improved acquisition practices such as
• systems engineering
• agile acquisition
• evolutionary acquisition
• known "best practices"
• improved acquisition processes
• improved contract language
• spiral development
• acquisition technology issues
• architectures and product lines
• managing risk
• System of systems issues
• Capability-based acquisition
• Software assurance
• Legal, regulatory, and policy issues
• Improving the acquisition workforce

For More Information

Customer Relations
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Phone: 412-268-5800
E-mail: customer-relations@sei.cmu.edu

Conference Co-Chairs

Brian Gallagher - bg@sei.cmu.edu
Kristen Baldwin Kristen.Baldwin@osd.mil

Send comments or questions to asp-requests@sei.cmu.edu

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