Case Study: Evaluating COTS Products for DoD Information Systems
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This monograph reports on a DoD program that undertook a detailed evaluation effort that examined several commercial products as candidates for a large information system. While the evaluation effort focused on technical questions, the essential issues faced by the program and the lessons that were learned were more in the sphere of management and programmatic issues, and this monograph is written from that perspective.
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Carney, D., & Sledge, C. (1998, June 1). Case Study: Evaluating COTS Products for DoD Information Systems. Retrieved September 11, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/case-study-evaluating-cots-products-for-dod-information-systems/.
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author={Carney, David and Sledge, Carol},
title={Case Study: Evaluating COTS Products for DoD Information Systems},
month={Jun},
year={1998},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
url={https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/case-study-evaluating-cots-products-for-dod-information-systems/},
note={Accessed: 2026-Sep-11}
}
Carney, David, and Carol Sledge. "Case Study: Evaluating COTS Products for DoD Information Systems." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, June 1, 1998. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/case-study-evaluating-cots-products-for-dod-information-systems/.
D. Carney, and C. Sledge, "Case Study: Evaluating COTS Products for DoD Information Systems," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 1-Jun-1998 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/case-study-evaluating-cots-products-for-dod-information-systems/. [Accessed: 11-Sep-2026].
Carney, David, and Carol Sledge. "Case Study: Evaluating COTS Products for DoD Information Systems." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Jun. 1998. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/case-study-evaluating-cots-products-for-dod-information-systems/. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.
Carney, David; & Sledge, Carol. Case Study: Evaluating COTS Products for DoD Information Systems. Software Engineering Institute. 1998. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/case-study-evaluating-cots-products-for-dod-information-systems/