Feb 13
2012
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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Dec 19
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
By Douglas C. Schmidt
Chief Technology Officer
A 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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Aug 29
2011
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.
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 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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Jul 11
2011
By Bill Novak, Senior Member of the Technical Staff,
SEI Acquisition Support Program, Air Force Team
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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Jun 6
2011
By Bill Novak, Senior Member of the Technical Staff,
SEI Acquisition Support Program, Air Force Team
Background:
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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