Stephen Blanchette, Jr.
Software Engineering Institute
Publications by Stephen Blanchette, Jr.
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Giant Slayer: Will You Let Software be David to Your Goliath System?
November 03, 2016 • Article
Stephen Blanchette, Jr.
The article discusses what can (and should) be done to improve the state of software engineering on large scale aerospace programs.
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Driving Efficiencies into the Software Life Cycle for Army Systems
September 13, 2016 • Presentation
Stephen Blanchette, Jr.
This presentation was presented to the CECOM Software Solarium.
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Beyond Technology Readiness Levels for Software: U.S. Army Workshop Report
December 01, 2010 • Technical Report
Stephen Blanchette, Jr., Cecilia Albert, Suzanne Garcia-Miller
This report synthesizes presentations, discussions, and outcomes from the "Beyond Technology Readiness Levels for Software" workshop from August 2010.
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Evaluating the Software Design of a Complex System of Systems
January 01, 2010 • Technical Report
Stephen Blanchette, Jr., Steven Crosson (U.S. Army), Barry Boehm (University of California, Los Angeles)
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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The Impact of Conducting ATAM Evaluations on Army Programs (SATURN 2009)
April 27, 2009 • Presentation
John K. Bergey, Stephen Blanchette, Jr., Mark H. Klein, Robert Nord
This presentation describes the results of a study of the impact of software architecture practices conducted with Army programs.
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Assurance Cases for Design Analysis of Complex System of Systems Software
April 08, 2009 • Presentation
Stephen Blanchette, Jr.
In this presentation, Stephen Blanchette describes how the assurance case technique is can help analyze large and complex system of systems software design.
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Assurance Cases for Design Analysis of Complex System of Systems Software
April 01, 2009 • White Paper
Stephen Blanchette, Jr.
This paper discusses the application of assurance cases as a means of building confidence that the software design of a complex system of systems will actually meet the operational objectives set forth in the project's top-level requirements.
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Impact of Army Architecture Evaluations
April 01, 2009 • Special Report
Robert Nord, John K. Bergey, Stephen Blanchette, Jr., Mark H. Klein
This 2009 report describes the results of a study of the impact that the ATAM evaluations and QAWs had on Army programs.
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U.S. Army Workshop on Exploring Enterprise, System of Systems, System, and Software Architectures
March 01, 2009 • Technical Report
John K. Bergey, Stephen Blanchette, Jr., Paul C. Clements, Michael J. Gagliardi, Rob Wojcik, William G. Wood, John Klein
This report confirms that various architectural genres enjoy more commonalities than differences. Each one has its own important knowledge base, and openness among the various architectural tasks within an organization is growing in importance.
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Progress Toward an Organic Software Architecture Capability in the U.S. Army
June 01, 2007 • Technical Report
Stephen Blanchette, Jr., John K. Bergey
This 2007 report describes the Software Architecture Initiative of the Army Strategic Software Improvement Program.
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Self-Assessment and the CMMI-AM—A Guide for Government Program Managers
August 01, 2005 • Technical Note
Stephen Blanchette, Jr., Kristi Keeler
This 2005 report provides program managers with general information about the CMMI-AM, details about the self-assessment technique, and the questions used in a self-assessment.
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U.S. Army Acquisition: The Program Executive Officer Perspective
March 01, 2005 • Special Report
Stephen Blanchette, Jr.
The U.S. Army Strategic Software Improvement Program (ASSIP) is a multi-year effort to improve the way the Army acquires software-intensive systems. As part of the ASSIP, the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute interviewed the Army's Program E
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Why Not Network Centric Acquisition?
January 28, 2004 • Presentation
Stephen Blanchette, Jr., Ira Monarch, Frank Sisti
"Why Not Network Centric Acquisition?" was delivered by Kathryn Ambrose, Stephen Blanchette, Jr., Ira Monarch, and Frank Sisti at the Conference on Acquisition of Software Intensive Systems on January 28, 2004.
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