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Evaluating the Software Design of a Complex System of Systems
- January 2010
- The report examines the application of the life-cycle architecture milestone to the software and computing elements of the former Future Combat Systems program.
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Publisher: Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number: CMU/SEI-2009-TR-023
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Abstract
Schedule- or event-driven reviews are a crucial element of any major software development project. Such reviews tend to focus on different aspects of development, and different types of reviews provide different benefits. The sum of these reviews, however, is inadequate to address the needs of software development in a complex system of systems (SoS) environment. What is needed is a true, evidence-driven, SoS-level evaluation capable of providing an overall assessment of, and insight into, the software development effort in that context.
This report discusses the application of the Lifecycle Architecture (LCA) event to what was an enormously complex SoS program: the Army’s Future Combat Systems. From the FCS experience, readers will gain insight into the issues of applying the LCA in an SoS context and be ready to apply the lessons learned in their own domains.
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SEI
Blanchette, Jr., Stephen; Crosson, Steven; & Boehm, Barry. Evaluating the Software Design of a Complex System of Systems. CMU/SEI-2009-TR-023. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. 2010. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=9165
IEEE
Blanchette, Jr.. Stephen, Crosson. Steven, and Boehm. Barry, "Evaluating the Software Design of a Complex System of Systems," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2009-TR-023, 2010. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=9165
APA
Blanchette, Jr., Stephen., Crosson, Steven., & Boehm, Barry. (2010). Evaluating the Software Design of a Complex System of Systems (CMU/SEI-2009-TR-023). Retrieved October 21, 2018, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=9165
CHI
Stephen Blanchette, Jr., Steven Crosson, & Barry Boehm. Evaluating the Software Design of a Complex System of Systems (CMU/SEI-2009-TR-023). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=9165
MLA
Blanchette, Jr., Stephen., Crosson, Steven., & Boehm, Barry. 2010. Evaluating the Software Design of a Complex System of Systems (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2009-TR-023). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=9165
BibTex
@techreport{BlanchetteEvaluatingthe2010,
title={Evaluating the Software Design of a Complex System of Systems},
author={Stephen Blanchette, Jr. and Steven Crosson and Barry Boehm},
year={2010},
number={CMU/SEI-2009-TR-023},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
address={Pittsburgh, PA},
url={http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=9165}
}