A Process for COTS Software Product Evaluation
• Technical Report
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-2003-TR-017DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6571721.v1Subjects
Abstract
The growing use of commercial software products in large systems makes evaluation and selection of appropriate products an increasingly essential activity. However, many organizations struggle in their attempts to select appropriate software products for use in systems. As part of a cooperative effort, the Software Engineering Institute and National Research Council Canada have defined a tailorable commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software product evaluation process that can support organizations in making carefully reasoned and sound product decisions. The background fundamentals for that evaluation process, as well as steps and techniques to follow, are described in this report.
Cite This Technical Report
Comella-Dorda, S., Dean, J., Lewis, G., Morris, E., Oberndorf, P., & Harper, E. (2004, July 1). A Process for COTS Software Product Evaluation. (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2003-TR-017). Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6571721.v1.
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Comella-Dorda, Santiago, John Dean, Grace Lewis, Edwin Morris, Patricia Oberndorf, and Erin Harper. "A Process for COTS Software Product Evaluation." (CMU/SEI-2003-TR-017). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, July 1, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6571721.v1.
S. Comella-Dorda, J. Dean, G. Lewis, E. Morris, P. Oberndorf, and E. Harper, "A Process for COTS Software Product Evaluation," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2003-TR-017, 1-Jul-2004 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6571721.v1. [Accessed: 19-Apr-2024].
Comella-Dorda, Santiago, John Dean, Grace Lewis, Edwin Morris, Patricia Oberndorf, and Erin Harper. "A Process for COTS Software Product Evaluation." (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2003-TR-017). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Jul. 2004. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6571721.v1. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
Comella-Dorda, Santiago; Dean, John; Lewis, Grace; Morris, Edwin; Oberndorf, Patricia; & Harper, Erin. A Process for COTS Software Product Evaluation. CMU/SEI-2003-TR-017. Software Engineering Institute. 2004. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6571721.v1