COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management
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Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-2007-TR-011DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6572816.v1Subjects
Abstract
The acquisition community needs guidance in long-term management planning for selecting, approving, and upgrading software products, especially commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and other reusable software products. As the mixture of these components in systems increases, the demand for a planned way to manage them continues to grow.
The COTS and Reusable Software Management Plan (CRSMP) can facilitate acquisition programs' management of COTS and other reusable software products. The CRSMP provides a strategy outline for managing data about component licensing, tracking release schedules, monitoring software interdependencies, choosing specific features and extensions and documenting those choices, and evaluating and mitigating risks associated with deploying COTS and other re-usable software components in a system.
The CRSMP presented in this report can serve as a guide for how to manage multiple COTS and other reusable software components in complex systems.
Cite This Technical Report
Anderson, W., Morris, E., Smith, D., & Ward, M. (2007, October 1). COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management. (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2007-TR-011). Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572816.v1.
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Anderson, William, Edwin Morris, Dennis Smith, and Mary Ward. "COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management." (CMU/SEI-2007-TR-011). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, October 1, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572816.v1.
W. Anderson, E. Morris, D. Smith, and M. Ward, "COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2007-TR-011, 1-Oct-2007 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572816.v1. [Accessed: 18-Apr-2024].
Anderson, William, Edwin Morris, Dennis Smith, and Mary Ward. "COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management." (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2007-TR-011). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Oct. 2007. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572816.v1. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
Anderson, William; Morris, Edwin; Smith, Dennis; & Ward, Mary. COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management. CMU/SEI-2007-TR-011. Software Engineering Institute. 2007. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572816.v1