Using Quality Attributes to Improve Acquisition
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Software Engineering Institute
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Abstract
In the acquisition of a software-intensive system, the relationship between the software architecture and the acquisition strategy is typically not examined. Although software is increasingly important to the success of government programs, there is often little consideration given to its impact on early key program decisions. The Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is conducting a multi-phase research initiative aimed at answering the question: is the probability of a program's success improved through deliberately producing a program acquisition strategy and software architecture that are mutually constrained and aligned? Moreover, can we develop a method that helps government program offices produce such alignment? In this podcast, Patrick Place describes research aimed at determining how acquisition quality attributes can be expressed and used to facilitate alignment among the software architecture and acquisition strategy.
About the Speaker
Patrick R. Place
Patrick Place is a senior member of the technical staff at the SEI, working in the Software Solutions Division.
Place has been involved in a number of different areas at the SEI, including use of formal methods, requirements elicitation, real time distributed systems communication, domain specific software architectures, COTS-based systems, …
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Suzanne Miller
Suzanne Miller is an SEI alumni employee.
Suzanne Miller is a principal researcher at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in the Continuous Deployment of Capability Directorate. Miller actively supports multiple large DoD cyber-physical programs in their Agile/Lean adoption efforts, in addition to designing and teaching Agile courses …
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