COTS software selection process. | Zendy

William M. Watkins | Zendy; Han Lin | Zendy; Kelly McClelland | Zendy; Rebecca Ullrich | Zendy; Soheil Khanjenoori | Zendy; Karen Dalton | Zendy; Anh Lai | Zendy; Michal Kuca | Zendy; Sandra Teixeira de Araújo Pacheco | Zendy; Jessica Shaffer-Gant | Zendy

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COTS software selection process.

Author(s) -

William M. Watkins,

Han Lin,

Kelly McClelland,

Rebecca Ullrich,

Soheil Khanjenoori,

Karen Dalton,

Anh Lai,

Michal Kuca,

Sandra Teixeira de Araújo Pacheco,

Jessica Shaffer-Gant

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/885111

Subject(s) - software engineering , software , computer science , systems engineering , leverage (statistics) , package development process , software development , process (computing) , commercial off the shelf , software construction , engineering , operating system , machine learning

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

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