History is the Key to Estimation Success
It was late afternoon in April of 1999 when the phone in my office rang. The conversation went something like…
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A Roadmap for Reforming the DoD’s Acquisition of Information Technology
Senior leaders within DoD, Congress, and industry have grappled for many years with the inability of the Department of Defense’s…
Selling Your Software Estimate
In many instances the software industry continues to flounder when it comes to understanding how to properly plan and manage…
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…
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…