COTS software selection process.

Watkins, William M. (Strike Wire Technologies, Louisville, CO) ; Lin, Han Wei ; McClelland, Kelly (U.S. Security Associates, Livermore, CA) ; Ullrich, Rebecca Ann ; Khanjenoori, Soheil ; Dalton, Karen ; Lai, Anh Tri ; Kuca, Michal ; Pacheco, Sandra ; Shaffer-Gant, Jessica

Sandia National Laboratories

关键词: Software.;    Decision Making;    Application Software.;    99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Procurement Application Software.;   

DOI  :  10.2172/885111
RP-ID  :  SAND2006-0478
RP-ID  :  AC04-94AL85000
RP-ID  :  885111

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Today's need for rapid software development has generated a great interest in employing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software products as a way of managing cost, developing time, and effort. With an abundance of COTS software packages to choose from, the problem now is how to systematically evaluate, rank, and select a COTS product that best meets the software project requirements and at the same time can leverage off the current corporate information technology architectural environment. This paper describes a systematic process for decision support in evaluating and ranking COTS software. Performed right after the requirements analysis, this process provides the evaluators with more concise, structural, and step-by-step activities for determining the best COTS software product with manageable risk. In addition, the process is presented in phases that are flexible to allow for customization or tailoring to meet various projects' requirements.