An Innovative Approach to Quantifying Uncertainty in Early Lifecycle Cost Estimation
The inaccuracy of cost estimates for developing major Department of Defense (DoD) systems is well documented, and cost overruns have…
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DACS Software & Systems Cost and Performance Analysis Toolkit
The goal of Data and Analysis Center for Software (DACS) Software & Systems Cost and Performance Analysis Toolkit (S2CPAT) is…
Tech Views – Data as a Critical Service in Acquisition
We all understand the importance of data to manage any program, whether it is estimated data for planning purposes or…
Implementing Open Standards in Open Source
Industry standards morph into functional computer software. I use the word “morph” on purpose to avoid any term that can…
Military Open Source Community Growing
Open source software (OSS) usage is growing across the Department of Defense (DoD), not surprisingly so is the community of…
Tech Views
It has been three and a half years since Software Tech News addressed the topic of Open Source Software (OSS)….
Running Open Technology Development Projects
How to get started” is a question continually asked. This article lays out the basic framework for running an open…
Evaluating Open Source Software
There is an overwhelming amount of open source software (OSS) available today that can be used throughout the software development…
Software is a Renewable Military Resource
“The United States cannot retreat behind a Maginot Line of firewalls or it will risk being overrun. Cyberwarfare is like…
Open Source Software Is Commercial
Nearly all publicly-available open source software (OSS) is commercial software. Unfortunately, many government officials and contractors fail to understand this. …
Publicly Releasing Open Source Software Developed for the U.S. Government
This article summarizes when the U.S. federal government or its contractors may publicly release, as open source software (OSS), software…
Application Specific Abstractions: A Research
The success of modern computing can be largely attributed to abstractions. By abstracting away the intricate details of how lower…