Accession Number:

ADA328098

Title:

Software Acquisition Risk Management Key Process Area (KPA) - A Guidebook Version 1.0.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST

Personal Author(s):

• Gallagher, Brian P.
• Alberts, Christopher J.
• Barbour, Richard E.

Report Date:

1997-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

104.0

Abstract:

In this guidebook, we hope to provide sponsors of acquisition improvement programs and their immediate staff with guidelines on how to implement a software acquisition risk management program satisfying the goals of the Acquisition Risk Management ARM Key Process Area KPA of the Software Acquisition Capability Maturity ModelSM SA-CMMSM. Brief overviews of software acquisition and the SA-CMM are included.

Descriptors:

• *SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
• USER MANUALS
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• RISK
• ACQUISITION
• OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE