We all have been taught sound practices since childhood. Remember the ol' dental mantra of don't forget to brush your teeth after each meal? Those instructions were soon augmented with a warning that brushing alone was not enough, and that flossing and regular check-ups were needed to reinforce brushing and prevent the development of dental maladies. Our experience with these routines over our lifetime confirms the worth of reinforcing good, ...
"21st Century Processes for Acquiring 21st Century Software-Intensive Systems of Systems," by Dr. Barry Boehm and Jo Ann Lane -- This article summarizes characteristics of 21st century software-intensive systems of systems and indicates some of the major problems associated with using the traditional acquisition processes on them, while introducing new acquisition development processes to address 21st century software-intensive systems of systems. "Tackling the Cost Challenges of System of Systems," by ...
"Selecting Architecture Products for a Systems Development Program," by Michael S. Russell -- This author proposes using a repeatable, matrix-based approach to select the architecture products required to support a larger systems engineering effort, to define the content of each product, and to identify each product's customer. "Dependency Models to Manage Software Architecture," by Neeraj Sangal and Frank Waldman -- This new approach using inter-module dependencies to specify and manage ...
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