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Other possible sources of information include the defense systems management college s acquisition logistics guide dsmc 97 and the dods national security space acquisition policy dod 04. October 2008 integration of software intensive systems copyright 2008 lockheed martin corporation. Experience working in a multidiscipline environment. Transparency and reproducibility of federal statistics for the national center for science and engineering statistics committee bios chair daniel kasprzyk is a consultant and senior fellow at the center for excellence in survey research at norc at the university of chicago. The dod software intensive systems group conducted a. If you need to print pages from this book, we recommend downloading it as a pdf. To sustain these systems organizations must define sustain ment, meet criteria to. Building and sustaining these innovative structures inside a. Guidelines for successful acquisition and management of software. Quality measurement incorporating clinical indicators and quality indicators, and reporting systems, have grown substantially as the more visible aspects of hospitals quality improvement efforts 59.

Sustaining enterprise competitiveness is human capital. Prior to his appointment at norc, he was director of statistical services at mathematica policy research, inc. Principles of the architecture of softwareintensive systems description. Designing evolvable systems in a framework of robust. The software sw context in midst of transformational change enabled by continual advances in computing, communication, and information technologies. There is an increasing demand in more complex systems and therefore require a professional approach.

Softwareintensive systems, included in appendix a, may provide insight into the multifaceted task of preparing for sustainment doaf 03. Cyber security engineering is the definitive modern reference and tutorial on the full range of capabilities associated with modern cyber security engineering. Sustainment done well leads to wellsupported software intensive systems and reduced total ownership costs and should help organizations meet current and new mission area and capabilities requirements. Because of their pervasiveness, the way we design, and consequently use, softwareintensive systems has a significant impact on sustainability. This is different from traditional safety strategies which rely on control of conditions and causes of an accident based either on the epidemiological analysis or as a result of investigation of individual past accidents. Apply systems engineering specialist skills to the software intensive system. Current projects institute for software integrated systems. The remainder of the book consists of 15 invited papers of the working group participants and is structured in three major parts. Global drivers, sustainable manufacturing and systems. Softwareintensive systems are susceptible to death by a thousand cuts i. Estimating softwareintensive systems brings them together in a realworld guidebook that will help software managers, engineers, and customers immediately improve their estimatesand drive continuing improvements over time. Advancing softwareintensive system productivity recently summarized the nature of the national investment in software research and, in particular, ways to revitalize the knowledge and human resource base needed to design, produce, and employ softwareintensive systems for tomorrows defense needs. Yet, in softwareintensive systems engineering, very few organizations apply this basic wisdom and formally coach their teams to help them accelerate their pace of improvement. A wide variety of such frameworks has evolved over the years, each with its own recognized strengths and weaknesses.

The four system conditions of a sustainable society left to its own devices, the earth is a sustainable system. Continual process improvement cpi in publicprivate. A software development process also known as a software development methodology, model, or life cycle is a framework that is used to structure, plan, and control the process of developing information systems. Sustaining intensification of smallholder livestock.

Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components. The software sw context in midst of transformational change enabled by continual advances in computing, communication, and information technologies in the engineering of systems. Sustaining and modernizing navy and mynavy human resources hr legacy software systems with a focus on mynavy hr transformation to migrate over 200 legacy systems to a modern cots solution and architecture. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading cyber security engineering. While ergonomics practitioners are skilled in systems ergonomics, there is a requirement for extension of this into systems of systems ergonomics, since cpss have extra characteristics not evident at the systems level see section 3. Sustaining engineering systems engineering management plan semp technical data package. Human interaction in programming, which uses hci techniques such as controlled user studies and ethnography to study software developers, testers, managers, and their teams to produce inno vative software.

The system safety concept calls for a risk management strategy based on identification, analysis of hazards and application of remedial controls using a systemsbased approach. Modeling spi sustainment in softwaredeveloping organizations. Allison, i organizational factors shaping software process improvement in smallmedium sized software teams. From smartphones, consumer electronics, industrial manufacturing, finance system until national infrastructure, all of these are softwarecontrolled systems. From smartphones, consumer electronics, industrial manufacturing, finance system until national infrastructure, all of these are software controlled systems. Software development is a process of writing and maintaining the source code, but in a broader sense, it includes all that is involved between the conception of the desired. Woody bring together comprehensive best practices for building software systems that exhibit superior operational security, and for considering security throughout. A practical approach for systems and software assurance sei series in software engineering kindle edition by mead, nancy r. Human resources required for software support with supporting assumptions and.

Software intensive system how is software intensive system. Introduction even though freeopen source software foss is widely used, much of the computer science research community has yet to fully recognize its potential to change the world of research and development of softwareintensive systems across. Enclosure 1 setrs applicable to software intensive systems. The navys consolidation of over 90 navy help desks navy enterprise service desk is. Note by the office of the high commissioner for human rights. Nsf this is an information technology research project that works on the theoretical foundations, engineering principles, and design tools for hybrid and embedded systems. This 2006 report discusses questions about sustaining new and legacy systems. Across the sciences, softwareintensive systems areincreasingly drivingthedirection of researchand in some cases are already beginning to displace human researchers. Successfully sustaining a softwareintensive syst em is a balancing act that is weighted on each side with the myriad of issues that surr ound such a system.

The use of accreditation systems to improve healthcare quality and patient safety has been widespread across many countries 14. However, complexity in a software intensive system can turn a small, medium, or large project into a monumental disaster in a heartbeat. Apply systems engineering specialist skills to the softwareintensive system. How may people in an enterprise individually and collectively become its human capital, is an important issue that needs to be analyzed and understood. What is the definition of softwareintensive system. The future of research in freeopen source software.

Sustainment done well leads to wellsupported softwareintensive systems and reduced total ownership costs and should help organizations meet current and new mission area and capabilities requirements. In addition to developing and sustaining new weapons systems, our engineers must also find ways to sustain our aging legacy systems. Effective functioning of the human rights treaty bodies. Department of the air force software technology support. The four system conditions of a sustainable society the. Fortunately, proven tools and techniques exist for every facet of software estimation. Sustainment maintaining a deployed system over time as technology and operational needs change is a confusing and multifaceted challenge. Computational science and engineering software sustainability. Architecture is recognized as a critical element in successful softwareintensive systemscomplex systems where software contributes essential influences to the design, construction, deployment and evolution of the system as a whole.

Softwareintensive systems and new computing paradigms. The course will bring to bear a variety of formal methods, social. Addressing software sustainment challenges for the dod. The volume starts with an overview of the current state of the art and the research missions in engineering software intensive systems. We mold and shape them to accomplish a purpose, subject to constraints and forces. Broader definitions of a system are the hardware, software, human systems integration, procedures and training. This technical note discusses these questions and presents definitions, related issues, future considerations, and recommendations for sustaining softwareintensive systems. Cse plays a unique and indispensable role in our society today, growing in importance and impact with time. Agent interaction with human systems in complex environments 030603. Most of products around us are software intensive systems. The value of systems engineering is supported by the gao report 1777, which indicates that, systems engineering is the primary means for determining whether and how the challenge posed by a programs requirements can be met with available resources. Itr foundations of hybrid and embedded software systems pi.

Sustaining intensification of smallholder livestock systems must take into account both social and environmental welfare and be targeted to sectors and areas of most probable positive social. Sweng 586 requirements engineering 3this course is a thorough treatment of the theoretical and practical aspects of discovering, analyzing, modeling, validating, testing and writing requirements for systems of all kinds, with an intentional focus on software intensive systems. Successfully sustaining a software intensive syst em is a balancing act that is weighted on each side with the myriad of issues that surr ound such a system. Product as a system fundamentals systems engineering. Each discrete piece of a softwareintensive system is enhanced and repaired independently and reintegrated for operational use. The architectural elements of software systems that is, elements significant enough to the system to draw out and deal with in architectural design are constructs of inventive human thought. Sustainment includes supply, maintenance, transportation, sustaining engineering, data management, configuration management cm, manpower, personnel, training, habitability, survivability, environment, safety including explosives. There is a growing body of knowledge in the application of architectural concepts to. Read summary of a workshop on softwareintensive systems and. The future of research in freeopen source software development. As we continue to learn, however, the accumulated impacts of human activity over the past two centuries are now threatening our continued wellbeing. Previous experience with software and hardware maintenance.

Summary of a workshop on softwareintensive systems and. Sustaining softwareintensive systems carnegie mellon university. Software engineering in the systems engineering life cycle. Status of implementation of actions described in the report of the secretarygeneral entitled strengthening of the united nations. Impacts and recommendations for achieving modular open. Unfortunately, this book cant be printed from the openbook. In this presentation, we limit ourselves to software architecture of softwareintensive systems. Lean development ld is a strategic as well as tactical business approach for the creation of changetolerant business software intensive systemsi. Adapting systems engineering for softwareintensive systems. Dod weapon system s functions are performed in software. The cse software ecosystem and enterprise need transformation. In 2006, when i authored the sustaining software intensive. Software and acquisition and practices study department of defense.

As todays systems increasingly rely on cots software, the issues surrounding. Software intensive systems are of various types, ranging from enterprise systems to iots and cps to industrial control systems where software plays a vital role towards design, construction and implementation of such systems. An effectiveness analysis of healthcare systems using a. What does sustainability mean in and for software engineering. The result is that software and hardware systems, especially software intensive systems are fragile by design and not evolvable from a robust, resilient, and sustainable perspective.

Enabling verification of high dependability software intensive systems 041103. Conference on the quality of information and communications technology quatic, pp. Impacts of modular open system architectures in dod acquisition. For softwareintensive systems where the software performs virtually all the functionality, such as in modern financial systems, airline reservation systems, and other information systems, they generally follow life cycles similar in form to the more traditional systems.

Some systems engineering activities require specific engineering skills as opposed to the generalist skills in section 3 below. The volume starts with an overview of the current state of the art and the research missions in engineering softwareintensive systems. Northrop grumman space systems ngsp is looking for you to join our c2bmc team as the spiral 8. Sustaining softwareintensive systems sei digital library. Ohchr first biennial report by the secretary general. Oct 24, 2009 the use of accreditation and quality measurement and reporting to improve healthcare quality and patient safety has been widespread across many countries.

Chapter 6 a science of design for softwareintensive systems. It considers the largest possible human collaborations with the gravity they deserve, but it also suggests factors. In the figure, the system of interest soi goes into operation as a delivered product or offered service in the utilization stage while maintenance and logistics are provided by a product sustainment system simultaneously in the support stage. There is a growing body of knowledge in the application of architectural concepts to these systems to achieve the benefits of reduced costs and improved system qualities such as usability, flexibility, reliability, and interoperability.

Most of products around us are softwareintensive systems. Therefore, system safety as part of the systems engineering process should systematically address all of these domains and areas in engineering and operations in a concerted fashion to prevent, eliminate and control hazards. Guidebook for acquisition of naval software intensive systems. Read summary of a workshop on softwareintensive systems. Sustainer inexperience with cotsbased systems loss of key contractor staff and expertise.

From understanding airframe stress, metallurgy, nondestructive. Sweng 586 requirements engineering 3this course is a thorough treatment of the theoretical and practical aspects of discovering, analyzing, modeling, validating, testing and writing requirements for systems of all kinds, with an intentional focus on softwareintensive systems. Crc press is a premier publisher of scientific and technical work, reaching around the globe to collect essential reference material and the latest advances and make them available to researchers, academics, professionals, and students in a variety of accessible formats. Feb 01, 2019 software intensive systems are of various types, ranging from enterprise systems to iots and cps to industrial control systems where software plays a vital role towards design, construction and implementation of such systems. Therefore, organizations need to pay attention to small to mediumsized softwareintensive systems. Phase i, published in february 2017, included twelve case studies four included ppps this report was prepared for. Hardware intensive systems are built around the pareto principle i. Committee on transparency and reproducibility of federal. If any part goes wrong then the emergent global properties become dissipative. Systems engineering deals with workprocesses and tools to manage risks on such projects, and it overlaps with both technical and human centered disciplines such as control engineering, industrial. Keywords open source software, software evolution, software ecosystems 1. Sustaining softwareintensive systems may 2006 technical note mary ann lapham contributor carol woody. Furthermore, its applicability to softwareintensive systems was called into question. Rastogi sustaining enterprise competitiveness is human capital the answer.