Accession Number:

ADA379155

Title:

Defense Software: Review of Defense Report on Software Developemnt Best Pictures.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DIV

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2000-06-15

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

In responding to the Committees directive, Defense was required to report on its efforts to identify and adopt best practices in software development and on its efforts to address six additional issues-ranging from the employment of risk management in software development, to the management of requirements changes, to the development of metrics to help assess performance and pinpoint potential problems, to tracking software development rework expenditures. Defenses response addressed the Committees basic question and all six additional issues. However, the responses on some issues were incomplete and others contained inaccurate or outdated information. Specifically, of the seven total issues, Defenses response did not fully address two issues and was inaccurate or outdated on three. Table 1 summarizes of our evaluation of Defenses response.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *DEFENSE SYSTEMS
• *NATIONAL DEFENSE
• REQUIREMENTS
• MANAGEMENT
• EMPLOYMENT
• REPORTS
• TRACKING
• RESPONSE
• RISK MANAGEMENT

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Defense Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE