http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications The SEI publishes reports that offer new technical information about software engineering topics, whether theoretical or applied. The following publications-related pages and SEI reports have been published within the last few weeks. Fri May 9 2008 9:45:33 EDT Fri May 9 2008 8:47:33 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08tr009.html This report describes seven general observations about insider IT sabotage based on our empirical data and study findings. Fri May 9 2008 8:14:33 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08sr006.html This report contains the proceedings of the First Workshop on Service-Oriented Architectures and Product Lines (SOAPL) 2007 that was held in September 2007 as part of the 2007 Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2007). Thu May 8 2008 12:14:33 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08tr008.html This technical report was developed to help organizations analyze and understand stresses and gaps to survivability for operational and proposed business processes. Thu Apr 17 2008 08:18:33 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08tr006.html This technical report outlines the concepts of software architecture competence and describes models for explaining, measuring, and improving the architecture competence of an individual or a software-producing organization. Thu Mar 28 2008 19:42:33 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08tr007.html This document outlines concepts and activities of the IMMD (incident management mission diagnosis) and explains how to perform the IMMD. Thu Mar 27 2008 10:29:33 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/key-publications.html View lists of research reports and books that the SEI considers to be seminal publications from our major areas of work. Wed Mar 26 2008 11:29:33 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/05.reports/05sr003.html The body of knowledge contained in this report is designed to complement the IEEE Computer Society's SWEBOK (Software Engineering Body of Knowledge) by delineating the key skills and concepts that compose the knowledge areas and competencies of a proven-effective process improvement method, the Personal Software Process (PSP). Since its initial release in August 2008, this report has been revised. This revision was released March 26, 2008. Fri Mar 21 2008 08:41:15 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/news-at-sei A new issue of news@sei is now online. The latest feature is titled, "Workshop Examines SOA Hard Problems and Potential Solutions." New columns have been released: "User Network for Software Architecture Technology Is Growing Steadily" (The Architect) and "Tackling the Growing Botnet Threat" (Security Matters). Wed Mar 19 2008 08:47:33 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08sr001.html The Army Strategic Software Improvement Program tasked the SEI to assess RTSCE (real-time, safety-critical, embedded) software-intensive systems issues and develop recommendations. This report presents the findings of phase one of the study. Fri Mar 7 2008 12:39:19 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08tn004.html This technical note describes the adaptation of the Mission Diagnostic to a project for the development and broad deployment of a software application. The team also derived the basis for a new success-driven framework with an integrated risk perspective. Fri Mar 7 2008 09:17:15 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08tr005.html The Mission Diagnostic Protocol, part of the SEI's suite of risk-based methods for assessing and managing complex projects and processes, provides a time-efficient means of analyzing the potential for success in complex and uncertain environments. Thu Feb 19 2008 08:22:05 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08tr004.html This technical report describes an investigation of the potential for using computational mechanisms to improve the quality of a combat group's common operating picture, in a setting where network bandwidth is scarce. Fri Feb 14 2008 13:00:15 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/07.reports/07tn002.html This technical note describes the conceptual elements necessary for building quality into systems and evaluating the quality achieved. The report presents definitions and conceptual elements within the context of CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) to show how CMMI codifies the concepts. Fri Feb 1 2008 14:44:15 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08tn012.html This technical note introduces the concept of programmatic interoperability, which is the application of principles of interoperability to the acquisition management of systems. It shows how programmatic interoperability contributes to fielding interoperable capabilities and relates this aspect to current trends such as network-centric operations. Mon Jan 29 2008 09:30:16 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/annual-report The 2007 Annual Report focuses on the SEIs collaborations with customers during 2007. Some of the featured topics are CMMI for Acquisition work with General Motors, process improvement in small settings with Lockheed Martin and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, insider threat research with government agencies, a systems-of-systems study with the U.S. Joint Fire Science Program, and software product line development in the U.S. Army. Fri Jan 18 2008 12:30:16 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08tr002.html This report shows examples of how PSIM (Process Simulation Modeling) has been implemented within industry and government organizations to improve process consistency and results. The report also shows how PSIM supports Capability Maturity Model Integration Process Areas from level 2 through level 5. Fri Jan 18 2008 12:34:42 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/08.reports/08tn026.html This technical note presents the results of applying the T-check approach in an initial investigation of two Web services standards, WS-Security and SAML, to create an SSO (single sign-on) solution that works inside a single organization. Thu Jan 17 2008 11:35:36 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/07.reports/07tn019.html This technical note shows how you can use AOP (aspect-oriented programming) to ensure conformance to architectural design, the proper use of design patterns and programming best practices, and conformance to coding policies and naming conventions. Wed Dec 19 2007 12:44:03 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/07.reports/07tn017.html This document is a draft in progress of a technology vision and roadmap to improve the ability of the DoD and industry to deliver needed SiS (software-intensive systems) capability in a timely, cost-effective, and predictable manner. Mon Dec 3 2007 08:57:03 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/07.reports/07tn010.html This technical note introduces an analysis framework designed to calculate the end-to-end latency and age of signal stream data as well as their jitter (variation). Thu Nov 29 2007 12:09:05 EDT http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/07.reports/07sr014.html This survey quantifies the relationship between the application of SE (systems engineering) best practices to projects and programs, and the performance of those projects and programs.