Acquisition Support Publications and Presentations by Topic
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Acquisition Improvement
Technical Report - Understanding and Leveraging a Supplier's CMMI Efforts: A Guidebook for Acquirers, CMMI Guidebook for Acquirers Team, CMU/SEI-2007-TR-004, ESC-TR-2007-004, March 2007
Presentation - Using System Archetypes to Identify Failure Patterns in Acquisition, Gibson, Diane; Levine, Linda; and Novak, William E., May 2006
Presentation - Transformation of a Software Development Organization Using Software Acquisition Principles; A Case Study, H. Borst, Frankie Sorrell, Scott Frit, and Lynne Hamilton, DFSG/PN, and Tricia Oberndorf and Eileen Wrubel, SEI
Presentation - Software-Intensive Systems Producibility, Grady Campbell
Special Report - U.S. Army Acquisition--The Program Office Perspective, Keeler, Kristi L., CMU/SEI-2005-SR-014, May 2006
Special Report - U.S. Army Acquisition--The Program Executive Officer Perspective, Blanchette, Stephen, Jr., CMU/SEI-2005-SR-002, March 2005
Benchmarking for Improvement in Army Acquisition, Blanchette, Jr., Stephen and Keeler, Kristi L., news@sei, 2004, Number 3
Transforming Army Acquisition, Blanchette, Jr., Stephen, Army AL&T, July-August 2004, pp. 82-85
The Software Engineering Institute Focuses Expertise on the Transformation of Army Acquisition, September - December issue of Program Manager by Blanchette, Stephen, Jr., 2003
Special Report - Benefits of Improvement Efforts, Capell, Peter, CMU/SEI-2004-SR-010, October 2004
Presentation - State of Practice in DoD Acquisition, and Some Proposed Alternatives, Marz, Ted and Smith, Jim, 2003
Presentation - Why Not Network Centric Acquisition?, Ambrose, Kate; Blanchette, Stephan, Jr.; Monarch, Ira; and Sisti, Frank
Improving Software Intensive Systems for Our Warfighters, Langhout, Jacquelyn and Reed, Lee Scott, Army AL&T, November-December 2004, pp. 35-37
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Acquisition Life Cycles
Technical Note - Software-Intensive Systems Producibility: A Vision and Roadmap (v 0.1), Campbell, Grady, CMU/SEI-2007-TN-017, December 2007
Article - Assuring Software Systems Security: Life Cycle Considerations for Government Acquisitions. Creel, Rita; Build Security In, June 2007
Article - Acquisition Overview: The Challenges. Ellison, Bob & Creel, Rita; Build Security In, June 2007
Presentation - Integrating Warfighter-Driven System of System Innovation into the Acquisition Life Cycle, Ira Monarch and Jim Wessel
Presentation - They Keep Moving the Cheese: A Framework for Evolutionary Acquisition of Large Software Intensive Systems, Albert, Cecilia and Browsword, Lisa
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Acquisition Strategy
Technical Report - Techniques for Developing an Acquisition Strategy by Profiling Software Risks, Ward, Mary Catherine; Elm, Joseph P.; and Kushner, Susan, CMU/SEI-2006-TR-002, August 2006
Presentation - Guidelines for Acquisition Planning, Albert, Cecilia; Bergey, John; Goethert, Wolf; and Morris, Ed
Handbook - Software Acquisition Planning Guidelines, Editor: Novak, William E. Contributors: Cohen, Julie B.; Lattanze, Anthony J.; Levine, Linda; Novak, William E.; Place, Patrick R. H.; Williams, Ray C.; and Woody, Carol, CMU/SEI-2005-HB-006, February 2006
Presentation - A Method for Reasoning About an Acquisition Strategy, Ward, Mary Catherine and Elm, Joseph P.
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Agile Methods
Article - High-Speed Software Development Practices: What Works, What Doesn't, Baskerville, Richard; Ramesh, Balasubramaniam; Levine, Linda; and Pries-Heje, Jan, IT Professional, Internet Software, 8 (4), July-August 2006
Article - Is Internet-Speed Software Development Different? November-December issue of IEEE Software by Baskerville, Richard; Ramesh, Balasubramaniam, Georgia State University; Levine, Linda, SEI; Pries-Heje, Jan, IT University of Copenhagen; and Slaughter, Sandra, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003
Article - Reflections on Software Agility and Agile Methods: Challenges, Dilemmas and the Way Ahead (keynote), Levine, Linda, SEI (2005). In Mathiassen, L. & Pries-Heje, J. (Eds.). IFIP TC 8 WG 8.6 International Working Conference, Business Agility and Information Technology Diffusion (pp. 353-365), May 8-11, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia: Springer Science + Business Media.
Article - The High Speed Balancing Game, How Software Companies Cope with Internet Speed, Pries-Heje, Jan, IT University of Copenhagen; Baskerville, Richard, Georgia State University; Levine, Linda, SEI; and Balasubramaniam, Ramesh, Georgia State University, originally published in the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, vol 16, pp. 12-54, 2004.
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Architecture
Presentation - Applying Software Architecture Guidelines in a DoD Acquisition, Morrow, Tim
Article - Quality Assessment Of System Architectures and Their Requirements (QUASAR). Firesmith, Donald G.; and Capell, Peter S., Transactions of the Society for Design and Process Science, 11 (12), June 2007
Technical Report - Progress Toward an Organic Software Architecture Capability in the U.S. Army, Blanchette, Stephen Jr.; and Bergey, John, CMU/SEI-2007-TR-010, ESC-TR-2007-010, June 2007
Tutorial - QUality Assessment of System ARchitectures (QUASAR), Donald Firesimth, given at the 9th Annual Systems Engineering Conference, October 23-27, 2006, in San Diego, California
Presentation - Acquiring Evolving Technologies: Web Services Standards, Harry Levinson, given at the 9th Annual Systems Engineering Conference, October 23-27, 2006, in San Diego, California
Handbook - QUASAR: A Method for the QUality Assessment of Software-Intensive System ARchitectures , Firesmith, Donald Firesmith, CMU/SEI-2006-HB-001, August 2006
Presentation -
Architectural Aspects of Long-Lived
Ground Systems,
Hammons, Charles "Bud", March 2006
Presentation - Sustaining Software-Intensive Systems - A Conundrum, Lapham, Mary Ann, March 2006
Technical Note - Acquiring Evolving Technologies: Web Services Standards, Levinson, Harry L. and O'Brien, Liam, CMU/SEI-2006-TN-001, February 2006
Presentation - Software Product Line in Acquisition, Campbell, Grady
Presentation - Integrating Software Architecture Evaluation in a DoD System Acquisition, Bergey, John and Morrow, Timothy, The Software Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN), April 6-7, 2005
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CMM, CMMI, and CMMI-AM
Presentation - CMMI: The DoD Perspective. Rick Barbour, October 2006
Handbook -
Handbook for Conducting Standard CMMI Appraisal Method
for Process
Presentation - Process In Execution Review (PIER) and the SCAMPI B Method, Adams, Lorraine; Rosa, Lynda; Schenker, Fred; and Swanson, Dale, 2005
Presentation - Samsung SDS' Experience Performing SCAMPI Class A with the People CMM, Barbour, Rick; Park, June; Wemyss, Gian; and Kim, Euisup, 2006
Presentation - The Social Security Administration's Journey to SW-CMM ML3 and Transition to CMMI, Barbour, Rick; Gross, Jon; Waltersdorff, Rod; and Markowski, Lisa, 2005
Presentation - Lessons Learned on Cooperative Government/Industry Appraisals, Benhoff, Melanie G., 2003
Technical Report - CMMI Acquisition Module (CMMI-AM), Version 1.1, Bernard, Tom; Gallagher, Brian; Bate, Roger; and Wilson, Hal, CMU/SEI-2005-TR-011, ESC-TR-2005-011, May 2005
Technical Note - Self-Assessment and the CMMI-AM -- A Guide for Government Program Managers, Blanchette, Stephen, Jr. and Keeler, Kristi, CMU/SEI-2005-TN-004, May 2005
Presentation - Model-Appraisal Method Interactions, Ferguson, Jack R. and Konrad, Mike, Fourth Annual CMMI Technology Conference and Users Group, November 2004
Presentation - The SCAMPI Appraisal Method: Top Ten Myths (2004 Edition), Ferguson, Jack R., Fourth Annual CMMI Technology Conference and Users Group, November 2004
Presentation - Use of CMMI in Acquisition Environments, Gallagher, Brian, 2006
Tutorial: Introduction to the CMMI Acquisition Module (CMMI-AM), Gallagher,
Brian and Adams, Lorraine, 2006
Module 1: Background
Module 2: CMMI-AM and
Project Management
Module 3: CMMI-AM and
Engineering
Module 4: CMMI-AM and
Support
Module 5: CMMI-AM Generic
Practices
Module 6: Using CMMI-AM
Module 7: Conclusion
Presentation - Software Outsourcing with CMMI, Gallagher, Brian; Elm, Joseph P.; and Mishler, John W., 2005
Article - Applying CMMI to Systems Acquisition, Gallagher, Brian P. and Shrum, Sandra, SEI, CrossTalk, August 2004
Presentation - Acquisition Pilot: SCAMPI B/C Pilots in Acquisition Environments, Gallagher, Brian and Ryan, Charlie, 2004
Presentation - Accelerating the Adoption of Improved Acquisition Practices Using Acquisition Pilots, Gallagher, Brian, 2004
Presentation - The Effects of CMMI on Program Performance, Elm, Joseph P. and Goldenson, Dennis R., 2005
Presentation - Process Maturity Profile; CMMI v1.1 SCAMPI v1.1 Appraisal Results, Phillips, Mike, 2004
Presentation - CMMI Version 1.2 and Beyond, Phillips, Mike, 2006
Presentation - A Process-Oriented Practical Approach to Program Office Systems Engineering Management Using CMMI-AM as a Guide, Schenker, Fred, Systems and Software Technology Conference, April 2005
Column, CMMI in Focus, Using CMMI with Suppliers - the Acquirer's Concerns Phillips, Mike, SEI, news@sei, 2005
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COTS and Reuse
Technical Report - COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management, Anderson, William; Morris, Ed; Smith, Dennis; and Ward, Mary Catherine, CMU/SEI-2007-TR-011, ESC-TR-2007-011, October 2007
Technical Note - Quantitative Methods for Software Selection and Evaluation, Bandor, Michael S., CMU/SEI-2006-TN-026, October 2006
Technical Report - Designing for Reuse of Configurable Logic, Elm, Joseph P., CMU/SEI-2005-TR-016, July 2005
Proceedings - Method Engineering and COTS Evaluation, Henderson-Sellers, B; Gonzaled-Perez, C.; Serour, M.K. University of Technology, Sydney, Australia; and Firesmith, Donald G. SEI, Second International Workshop on Models and Processes for the Evaluation of off-the-shelf Components (MPEC'05), Saint Louis, Missouri, May 21, 2005
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Interoperability
Presentation - SOSI: System of Systems Interoperability, Levine, Linda; Meyers, Craig; Morris, Ed; Place, Patrick; and Plakosh, Daniel, 2004
Technical Note - Proceedings of the System of Systems Interoperability Workshop, Levine, Linda; Meyers, B. Craig; Morris, Ed; Place, Patrick R. H.; Plakosh, Daniel, CMU/SEI-2003-TN-016, June 2003
Technical Report - Including Interoperability in the Acquisition Process, Meyers, B. Craig; Monarch, Ira A.; Levine, Linda; and Smith, James D., CMU/SEI-2005-TR-004, ESC-TR-2005-004, April 2005
Technical Report - Systems of Systems Interoperability, Morris, Edwin; Levine, Linda; Meyers, Craig; Place, Pat; and Plakosh, Dan, CMU/SEI-2004-TR-004, ESC-TR-2004-004, April 2004
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Maintenance & Sustainment
Presentation - Mary Ann Lapham, Specifying Initial Design Review (IDR) Final Design Review (FDR) Criteria, tutorial given at the 9th Annual Systems Engineering Conference, October 23-27, 2006, in San Diego, California
Technical Note - Sustaining Software-Intensive Systems, Lapham, Mary Ann, CMU/SEI-2006-TN-007, June 2006
Presentation - Sustaining Software-Intensive Systems - A Conundrum, Lapham, Mary Ann, 2005
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Miscellaneous
Tutorial - Model-Based Improvement, Reed, Scott, Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) Product Office, September 27, 2007, Huntsville, Alabama
Presentation - Method Engineering Using OPFRO, Donald Firesmith, European SEPG, June 12-15, 2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Proceedings - Software Patents: Innovation or Litigation?, Levine, Linda. SEI, and Saunders, Kurt. M., CSU, at the IFIP 8.6 Working Conference: IT Innovation for Adaptiveness and Competitive Advantage, May 31-June 2, 2004, Leixlip, Ireland
Proceedings - Networked Technologies: The Role of Networks in the Diffusion and Adoption of Software Process Improvement (SPI) Approaches, Kautz, Karlheinz, Copenhagen Business School; Levine, Linda, SEI; Hefley, Bill, Carnegie Mellon University; Johansen, Jørn, DELTA; Carsten Højmose Kristensen, Systematic Software Engineering A/S; and Nielsen, Peter Axel, Aalborg University, IFIP 8.6 Working Conference on the Diffusion and Adoption of Networked Information Technologies (pp. 203-211), 2003, Copenhagen, Denmark. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Technical Note - What About Ada? The State of the Technology in 2003, Smith, Jim, CMU/SEI-2003-TN-021, Revised September 2003
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Requirements
Tutorial: Engineering Safety-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems, Firesmith, Donald G., tutorial given at the 13th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE`06), May 20-28, 2006 in Shanghai, China.
Technical Note - Requirements Management in a System-of-Systems Context: A Workshop, Meyers. B. Craig; Smith, James D.; Capell, Peter; and Place, Patrick R. H., CMU/SEI-2006-TN-015, June 2006
Presentation - Engineering Safety-Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems, Firesmith, Donald, 2006
Proceedings - Analyzing the Security Significance of Systems Requirements, Firesmith, Donald G., SEI, Symposium on Requirements Engineering for Information Security (SREIS 2005), August 29-30, 2005.
Proceedings - A Taxonomy of Security-Related Requirements, Firesmith, Donald G., SEI, International Workshop on High Assurance Systems (RHAS'05 - Paris), August 29-30, 2005
Presentation - Engineering Safety Related Requirements for Software-Intensive Systems , Firesmith, Donald G., Half-day tutorial given at the 13th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, August 29-30, 2005
Presentation - Achieving Quality Requirements with Reused Software Components: Challenges to Successful Reuse, Firesmith, Donald G., Second International Workshop on Models and Processes for the Evaluation of Off-the-Shelf Components (MPEC`05), May 21, 2005
Presentation - Why Isn't Someone Coding Yet (WISCY)? - Avoiding Ineffective Requirements, Gross, Charlene C., Software Engineering Process Group National Meeting, May 2004
Presentation - Reusable Security Requirements, Firesmith, Donald G., SEI, at the 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'2003) Requirements for High Assurance Systems (RHAS) Workshop, Monterey, California, September 2003
Proceedings - Analyzing and Specifying Reusable Security Requirements, Firesmith, Donald G., SEI, at the 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'2003) Requirements for High Assurance Systems (RHAS) Workshop, Monterey, California, September 2003
Presentations - Business Case for Requirements Engineering, Firesmith, Donald G., SEI, at the 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'2003) Requirements for High Assurance Systems (RHAS) Workshop, Monterey, California, September 2003
Proceedings - Using the OPEN Process Framework to Produce a Situation-Specific Requirements Engineering Method, Zowghi, D. and Henderson-Selliers, B., University of Technology, Sydney, Austraila; and Firesmith, Donald G., SEI, International Workshop on Situational Requirements Engineering Processes – Methods, Techniques and Tools to Support Situation-Specific Requirements Engineering Processes (SREP-2005), August 29-30, 2005
Technical Note - Common Concepts Underlying Safety, Security, and Survivability Engineering, Firesmith, Donald, CMU/SEI-2003-TN-033, December 2003
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Risk
Technical Note - Common Elements of Risk, Alberts, Christopher J., CMU/SEI-2006-TN-014, April 2006
Presentation - Advanced Risk Analysis for High-Performing Organizations, Alberts, Christopher and Dorofee, Audrey, 2006
Technical Note - A Taxonomy of Operational Risks, Gallagher, Brian P.; Case, Pamela J.; Creel, Rita C.; Kushner, Susan; and Williams, Ray C., CMU/SEI-2005-TN-036, September 2005
Presentation - A Taxonomy of Operational Risks, Gallagher, Brian, 2005
Presentation - The Diagnostic Roadmap Progress in Developing an Integrated View of Risk Identification and Analysis Techniques, Ambrose, Kate; Bentrem, Laura; and Williams, Ray, 2004
Technical Note - Risk Based Diagnostics, Williams, Ray C.; Ambrose, Kate: Bentrem, Laura; and Merendino, Tom, CMU/SEI-2004-TN-013, November 2004
Technical Note - A Roadmap of Risk Diagnostic Methods: Developing an Integrated View of Risk Identification and Analysis Techniques, Williams, Ray C.; Ambrose, Kate; and Bentrem, Laura, CMU/SEI-2004-TN-002, November 2004
Presentation - New Directions in Risk Management at the SEI, Williams, Ray, SEI, NASA Risk Management Colloquium IV, September 2003
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Small Manufacturing
Technical Report - Integration of Computer-Aided Design and Finite Element Analysis Tools in a Small Manufacturing Enterprise, Elm, Joseph P. and Robert, John E., CMU/SEI-2003-TR-025, ESC-TR-2003-015, July 2003
Presentation - Advanced Engineering Environments for Small Manufacturing Enterprises, Elm, Joseph P., SEI at the NRC Committee on Bridging Design and Manufacturing, June 2003
Technical Report - Working with Small Manufacturing Enterprises: An Analysis of TIDE Demonstration Projects, Estrin, Len; Anderson, William; Elm, Joseph P.; Garcia, Suzanne; Foreman, John; Robert, John; Schenker, Fred, CMU/SEI-2004-TR-005, ESC-TR-2004-005, February 2004
Technical Report - Advanced Engineering Environments for Small Manufacturing Enterprises: Volume II , Fenves, Steven J.; Sriram, Ram D.; Choi, Young; Elm, Joseph P.; and Robert, John E., CMU/SEI-2004-TR-0007, May 2004
Technical Report - Advanced Engineering Environments for Small Manufacturing Enterprises: Volume I, Fenves, Steven J.; Sriram, Ram D.; Choi, Young; Elm, Joseph P.; Robert, John E., CMU/SEI-2003-TR-013, ESC-TR-2003-013, December 2003
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Systems Engineering
Presentation - Reconsidering the Role of Systems Engineering in DoD Software Problems, Campbell, Grady, 2004
Presentation -
Surveying Systems Engineering Effectiveness,
Elm, Joseph P., 2005
Special Report - A Survey of Systems Engineering Effectiveness: Initial Results, Elm, Joseph P.; Goldenson, Dennis R.; El Emam, Khaled; Donatelli, Nicole; Neisa, Angelica; and NDIA SE Effectiveness Committee, CMU/SEI-2007-SR-014, November 2007
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Testing & Evaluation
Technical Note - Specifying Initial Design Review (IDR) and Final Design Review (FDR) Criteria, Lapham, Mary Ann, CMU/SEI-2006-TN-023, June 2006
Technical Note - Robustness Testing of Software-Intensive Systems: Explanation and Guide, Cohen, Julie; Plakosh, Dan; and Keeler, Kristi, CMU/SEI-2005-TN-015, May 2005
Technical Note - Integrated Diagnostics: Operational Missions, Diagnostic Types, Characteristics, and Capability Gaps, Marz, Theodore F., CMU/SEI-2005-TN-035, October 2005
Presentation - Diagnostic Software: What Your Developer Doesn't Know, Marz, Ted, 2005
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