STSC CrossTalk - May 2001 Issue

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Best Practices

The Spiral Model as a Tool for Evolutionary Acquisition
by Dr. Barry Boehm and Wilfred J. Hansen
The Department of Defense has recently rewritten the defense acquisition regulations to incorporate "evolutionary acquisition," a strategy that meshes with spiral development.

Verification and Validation Implementation at NASA
by Dr. Linda H. Rosenberg
NASA used a new approach to implementing IV&V to all software development throughout the agency. Here's how they did it.

Software Engineering Technology

The Next Refinement to Software
by Keith Thurston
A change in law now requires that all persons with disabilities have equal access to federal information.

Streamlining Brings Oracle Big Savings, Better Service
by Steven R. Perkins
Everyone benefits when Oracle makes major internal changes to its e-mail globalization, network consolidation, and integrated Internet-based applications.

Maintaining the Quality of Black-Box Testing
by Patrick J. Schroeder and Dr. Bogden Korel
These authors present an automated approach to reducing black-box testing costs while maintaining quality in testing process and software product.

Open Forum

Managing the Invisible Aspects of High-Performance Teams
by RADM Patrick Moneymaker and Dr. Lynn Carter
Here are five management lessons that provide insight to the most important, counter-intuitive aspects of software development.

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