Software Engineering Institute

A Discussion on Open-Systems Architecture

November 23, 2015 • Blog

Carol Sledge

At an open architecture summit in November 2014, Katrina G. McFarland, assistant secretary of defense for acquisition said that 75 percent of all Defense Department acquisition strategies implement open systems architecture across all services and agencies. "This department is seriously engaged in trying to understand how to help our program managers and our department and our industry look at open architecture and its benefits," McFarland said, "and understand truly what our objectives are related to...

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