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The SEI SBOM Framework: Informing Third-Party Software Management in Your Supply Chain

This post presents a framework to promote the use of SBOMs and establish practices and processes that organizations can leverage as they build their programs.
• By Christopher J. Alberts, Michael S. Bandor, Charles M. Wallen, Carol Woody
In Secure Development


The Seven Virtues of Reconciling Agile and Earned Value Management (EVM)
This post discusses the interactions between Agile software development and earned value management (EVM).
• By Stephen Wilson, Patrick R. Place, Keith Korzec
In Agile


A Case Study in Applying Digital Engineering
Case study of an SEI project in which digital engineering is being used successfully to provide visibility of products under development from inception in a requirement to delivery on a …
• By Nataliya Shevchenko, Peter Capell


Six Acquisition Pathways for Large-Scale, Complex Systems
How to map technical reference frameworks (TRFs) to the pathways that compose the DoD’s Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF)
• By Douglas Schmidt (Vanderbilt University), Nickolas Guertin
In Software Architecture


Toward Technical Reference Frameworks to Support Large-Scale Systems of Systems
Strategies for creating architectures for large-scale, complex, and interoperable systems of systems that are composed of functions covering a broad range of requirements.
• By Nickolas Guertin, Douglas Schmidt (Vanderbilt University)
In Software Architecture


Agile Metrics: Assessing Progress to Plans
The role of metrics in a government program’s assessment of progress in an iterative, incremental delivery of a system.
• By Will Hayes, Patrick R. Place, Keith Korzec
In Agile


Impacts and Recommendations for Achieving Modular Open Systems Architectures --Fifth Post in a Series
In this series of blog posts, adapted from a recently published paper, we sought to demonstrate how layered business and technical architectures can leverage modular component design practices....
• By Nickolas Guertin, Douglas Schmidt (Vanderbilt University)
In Software Architecture


The Technical Architecture for Product Line Acquisition in the DoD - Fourth in a Series
DoD technologies have traditionally relied on cyber-physical/software-intensive systems that are now widely available to all nations and non-state actors....
• By Nickolas Guertin, Douglas Schmidt (Vanderbilt University)
In Software Architecture


The Organizational Impact of a Modular Product Line Architecture in DoD Acquisition - Third in a Series
To maintain a strategic advantage over its adversaries, the Department of Defense (DoD) must field new technologies rapidly....
• By Nickolas Guertin, Douglas Schmidt (Vanderbilt University)
In Software Architecture

