Accession Number:

ADA379746

Title:

Lessons Learned Applying Commercial Off-the-Shelf Products

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST

Personal Author(s):

• Brownsword, Lisa
• Place, Patrick

Report Date:

2000-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

29.0

Abstract:

While the lure of easy system construction from pre-existing building blocks that snap into place is appealing, current reality reveals a less than ideal picture, particularly for commercial off-the-shelf COTS software components. Examining the similarities and differences of organizations that have applied COTS and the successes and failures of those organizations has enabled the COTS-Based Systems CBS Initiative at the Software Engineering Institute SEI to identify a number of significant capabilities that an organization must have to succeed with a COTS-based approach. This case study of the Manufacturing Resource Planning II program is part of a series of case studies that seek to identify important acquisition, business, and engineering issues surrounding the use of COTS-based systems and thus derive available solutions, where possible.

Descriptors:

• *OFF THE SHELF EQUIPMENT
• *SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
• *COMPUTER PROGRAM VERIFICATION
• *SOFTWARE TOOLS
• LESSONS LEARNED
• MILITARY APPLICATIONS
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Computer Systems Management and Standards

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE