Michael S. Bandor
Software Engineering Institute
Publications by Michael S. Bandor
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Acquisition Security Framework (ASF): Managing Systems Cybersecurity Risk
November 11, 2022 • Technical Note
Christopher J. AlbertsMichael S. BandorCharles M. Wallen
This report provides an overview of the Acquisition Security Framework (ASF), a description of the practices developed thus far, and a plan for completing the ASF body of work.
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Acquisition Security Framework (ASF): An Acquisition and Supplier Perspective on Managing Software-Intensive Systems’ Cybersecurity Risk
October 04, 2022 • White Paper
Christopher J. AlbertsMichael S. BandorCharles M. Wallen
The Acquisition Security Framework (ASF) contains practices that support programs acquiring/building a secure, resilient software-reliant system to manage risks.
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DevSecOps Pipeline for Complex Software-Intensive Systems: Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges
September 01, 2020 • Article
Carol Woody, PhDTimothy A. ChickAaron K. Reffett
This paper describes the cybersecurity challenges that Department of Defense programs faced when adopting DevSecOps practices and how they addressed them.
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Open Systems Architecture: Progress and Challenges
November 18, 2015 • Presentation
Forrest ShullHarry L. LevinsonThomas DuBois (The Boeing Company)
Panel members discussed OSA from several perspectives, including technical engineering, policy, contracting, and science and technology research.
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Dashing All the Way: Defining the Best Dashboard for Your Program
November 18, 2015 • Presentation
Tom MerendinoMichael S. BandorRobert Ferguson
This presentation shows a program dashboard representation used in some Air Force programs to aggregate the data being reported and includes methods that provide some insight into schedule risk.
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Agile Methods in Air Force Sustainment: Status and Outlook
October 23, 2014 • Technical Note
Colleen ReganMary Ann LaphamEileen Wrubel
This paper examines using Agile techniques in the software sustainment arena—specifically Air Force programs. The intended audience is the staff of DoD programs and related personnel who intend to use Agile methods during software sustainment.
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Agile Methods and Request for Change (RFC): Observations from DoD Acquisition Programs
January 24, 2014 • Technical Note
Mary Ann LaphamMichael S. BandorEileen Wrubel
This technical note looks at the evaluation and negotiation of technical proposals that reflect iterative development approaches that in turn leverage Agile methods.
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Technology Readiness Assessments
February 21, 2013 • Podcast
Michael BandorSuzanne Miller
Michael Bandor discusses technology readiness assessments, which the DoD defines as a formal, systematic, metrics-based process and accompanying report that assess the maturity of critical hardware and software technologies to be used in systems.
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Status of Ongoing Work in Software TRAs/TRLs
April 29, 2010 • Presentation
Michael S. BandorSuzanne Garcia-Miller
In this 2010 presentation, Michael Bandor and Suzanne Garcia-Miller focus on software issues and shortfalls observed during the DoD Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) processes.
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Process and Procedure Definition: A Primer
March 26, 2007 • Presentation
Michael S. Bandor
This presentation on process and procedure definition was delivered by Mike Bandor at the SEPG 2007, held from March 26-29, 2007.
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Quantitative Methods for Software Selection and Evaluation
September 01, 2006 • Technical Note
Michael S. Bandor
This 2006 report describes methods for selecting candidate commercial off-the-shelf packages for further evaluation, possible methods for evaluation, and other factors besides requirements to be considered.
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