Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon

Software Acquisition: A Comparison of DoD and Commercial Practices

J. Ferguson
M. DeRiso

Special Report
CMU/SEI-94-SR-009

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This paper will compare best commercial practice with the current Department of Defense (DoD) processes for acquiring software and to recommend some steps that can be taken to streamline DoD software acquisitions to minimize overall life-cycle costs.