Entries Tagged as 'Acquisition Dynamics'

An Overview of the SEI Technologies Forum

Acquisition , Acquisition Dynamics , Agile , Cloud Computing , CMMI , Insider Threat , Operational Resilience , Resilience Management Model (RMM) , Smart Grid Maturity Model , Team Software Process (TSP) No Comments »

By Douglas C. Schmidt
Visiting Scientist

We use the SEI Blog to inform you about the latest work at the SEI, so this week I'm summarizing some video presentations recently posted to the SEI website from the SEI Technologies Forum. This virtual event held in late 2011 brought together participants from more than 50 countries to engage with SEI researchers on a sample of our latest work, including cloud computing, insider threat, Agile development, software architecture, security, measurement, process improvement, and acquisition dynamics. This post includes a description of all the video presentations from the first event, along with links where you can view the full presentations on the SEI website.

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A Summary of Key SEI R&D Accomplishments in 2011

Acquisition , Acquisition Dynamics , Agile , Architecture Documentation , Architecture Driven Design (ADD) , Binaries , Cyber-physical Systems , Fuzzy Hashing , Handheld Devices , Malware , Measurement & Analysis , Resilience Management Model (RMM) , Safety-Related Requirements , Security-Related Requirements , SEI Research , Software Cost Estimates , Team Software Process (TSP) , Technical Debt 1 Comment »

By Douglas C. Schmidt
Chief Technology Officer

Douglas C. SchmidtA key mission of the SEI is to advance the practice of software engineering and cyber security through research and technology transition to ensure the development and operation of software-reliant Department of Defense (DoD) systems with predictable and improved quality, schedule, and cost. To achieve this mission, the SEI conducts research and development (R&D) activities involving the DoD, federal agencies, industry, and academia. One of my initial blog postings summarized the new and upcoming R&D activities we had planned for 2011. Now that the year is nearly over, this blog posting presents some of the many R&D accomplishments we completed in 2011.

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Common Infrastructure and Joint Programs, Fourth in a Series

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By Bill Novak, Senior Member of the Technical Staff,
SEI Acquisition Support Program, Air Force Team

This is the fourth in an ongoing series examining themes across acquisition programs.

Bill NovakBackground: Over the past decade, the U.S. Air Force has asked the SEI’s Acquisition Support Program (ASP) to conduct a number of Independent Technical Assessments (ITAs) on acquisition programs related to the development of IT systems; communications, command and control; avionics; and electronic warfare systems. This blog posting is the latest installment in a series that explores common themes across acquisition programs that we identified as a result of our ITA work. Previous themes explored in this series include Misaligned Incentives, The Need to Sell the Program, and The Evolution of “Science Projects.” This post explores the fourth theme: common infrastructure and joint programs, which describes a key issue that arises when multiple organizations attempt to cooperate in the development of a single system, infrastructure, or capability that will be used and shared by all parties. 

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The Evolution of Science Projects, Third in a Four-Part Series Exploring Themes Across Acquisition Programs

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By Bill Novak, Senior Member of the Technical Staff,
SEI Acquisition Support Program, Air Force Team

Bill Novak Background: Over the past decade, the U.S. Air Force has asked the SEI’s Acquisition Support Program (ASP)  to conduct a number of Independent Technical Assessments (ITAs) on acquisition programs related to the development of IT systems, communications, command and control, avionics, and electronic warfare systems. This blog post is the third in a series that enumerates common themes across acquisition programs that we identified as a result of our ITA work. Other themes explored in this series include misaligned incentives, the need to sell the program, and common infrastructure and joint programs. This post explores the third theme in this series, the evolution of “science projects,” which describes how prototype projects that unexpectedly grow in size and scope during development often have difficulty transitioning into a formal acquisition program.

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The Need to Sell the Program, Second in a Four-Part Series Exploring Themes Across Acquisition Programs

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By Bill Novak, Senior Member of the Technical Staff,
SEI Acquisition Support Program, Air Force Team

Bill Novak, Acquisition Support ProgramBackground: The U.S. Air Force has sponsored a number of SEI Independent Technical Assessments (ITAs) on acquisition programs that operated between 2006 and 2009. The programs focused on the development of IT systems, communications, command and control, avionics, and electronic warfare systems. This blog post is the second in a series that identifies four themes across acquisition programs that the SEI identified as a result of our ITA work. Other themes explored in the series include misaligned incentives, the evolution of science projects, and common infrastructure and joint programs. This post explores a related second theme, the need to sell the program, which describes a situation in which people involved with acquisition programs have strong incentives to “sell” those programs to their management, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that they can obtain funding, get them off the ground, and keep them sold.

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