Feb 27
2012
By Mike Phillips
Senior Member of the Technical Staff
Acquisition Support Program
Our SEI blog has included thoughtful discussions about sustaining software, such as the two-part post “The Growing Importance of Sustaining Software for the DoD.”
Software sustainment is growing in importance as the lifetimes of
hardware systems greatly exceed the normal lifetime of software systems
they are partnered with, as well as when system functionality
increasingly depends on software elements. This blog post—the first in a
multi-part series—provides specific examples of the importance of software sustainment in the Department of Defense (DoD),
where software upgrade cycles need to refresh capabilities every 18 to
24 months on weapon systems that have been out of production for many
years, but are expected to maintain defense capability for decades.
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Feb 20
2012
By Dave Zubrow, Manager
Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis Initiative
The SEI has been actively engaged in defining and studying high maturity software engineering practices for several years. Levels 4 and 5 of the CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration)
are considered high maturity and are predominantly characterized by
quantitative improvement. This blog posting briefly discusses high
maturity and highlights several recent works in the area of high
maturity measurement and analysis, motivated in part by a recent comment on a Jan. 30 post
asking about the latest research in this area. I’ve also included links
where the published research can be accessed on the SEI website.
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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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Feb 6
2012
By Mary Ann Lapham
Senior Member of the Technical Staff
Acquisition Support Program
Over
the past several years, the SEI has explored the use of Agile methods
in DoD environments, focusing on both if and when they are suitable and how to use them most effectively
when they are suitable. Our research has approached the topic of Agile
methods both from an acquisition and a technical perspective. Stephany Bellomo described some of our experiences in previous blog posts What is Agile? and Building a Foundation for Agile.
This post summarizes a project the SEI has undertaken to review and
study Agile approaches, with the goal of developing guidance for their
effective application in DoD environments.
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