Best Practices for the Acquisition of COTS-Based Systems: Lessons Learned from the Space System Domain

摘要

The incorporation of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software into software-intensive systems brings promises of significantly reduced cost and schedule, and improved reliability and maintainability, by using proven software. However, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) programs often find that the reality is very different!