A method for assessing the software engineering capability of contractors

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Humphrey, Watts S. Sweet, William L.
Copyright Year	1987
Abstract	This document provides guidelines and procedures for assessing the ability of potential DoD contractors to develop software in accordance with modem software engineering methods. It includes spl-:ific questions and a method for evaluating the results. ,I General Introduction The purpose of this document is to facilitate objective and consistent assessments of the ability of potential DoD contractors to dovelop software in accordance with modem software engineering methods. Such assessments would be conducted either In the pre-solicitation qualification process, in the formal source selection process, or both. While this doc~ument Is Intended to guide the assessment of a contractor's overall software engineering capability, it can also be valuable in the assessment .", a specific project team's software engineering capability. Alternatively, this document can be used as an aid to software development organizations in conducting an internal as issment cf their own softvare engineering capability. The document is designed to help An assessment team define the highest priorldy steps for the Improvement of an organization's capability. Because an understanding of proper software engineering practice is only now developing, standard, well-accepted measures do not yet exist. The assessment questions listed in the body of this .)•cum,'nt are phrased so that an affirmative answer indicates that an organization has a desirable characteristic. Some of the questions pertain to advanced concepts of software engineering that may not yet be sufficiently refined or disseminated to be incorporated in a contractor's standard practice; therefore, not all assessment questions need be answered affirmatively for an organization to be considered to have a modern software engineering capability. The capability of a contractor to perform software engineering has been divided into three areas: 1. organization and resource management 2. software engine.)rlng process and its management 3. tools and technology. The qualities that the questions assess are different for each of these areas acnd are described in the introductions to the questions for each area. 093087 SEt Assessment Methodology A full assessment of software engineering capability' Includes some evaluation of the experience level of the software development personnel. Addendum A contains suggested questions for use In this evaluation.
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Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.21236/ada187230
Language	English
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