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Home > CrossTalk Aug 2005

CrossTalk - The Journal of Defense Software Engineering
  August 2005  
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Table of Contents Download Entire Issue (0508CrossTalk.pdf PDF 2021KB)
  Systems: Fielding Capabilities  
  * Key Elements in Fielding Capabilities  (0508Holcomb_Hoehn.pdf PDF 131KB)
by John D. Holcomb and Michael Hoehn
These authors discuss how the 76th Software Maintenance Group successfully develops software for the Department of Defense using two key elements: high fidelity test environments and collaboration.
 
  * Delivering Capabilities Through Partnerships  (0508Moore.pdf PDF 123KB)
by Chris D. Moore
Here is how the 402nd Software Maintenance Group successfully partnered with Northrop Grumman Corporation to maintain the complex E-8C Joint Surveillance Tactical Airborne Radar Systems software.
 
  * MILS:Architecture for High Assurance Embedded Computing  (0508Vanfleet_etal.pdf PDF 148KB)
by W. Mark Vanfleet, R. William Beckwith, Dr. Ben Calloni, Jahn A. Luke, Dr. Carol Taylor, and Gordon Uchenick
These authors propose that the Multiple Independent Levels of Security architecture is a solution to meet the needs for critical information assurance systems that deliver the strongest degree of security and safety.
 
 
  Software Engineering Technology  
  * Six Steps to a Successful COTS Implementation  (0508Minkiewicz.pdf PDF 112KB)
by Arlene F. Minkiewicz
This author explains how a successful implementation of a commercial off-the-shelf-intensive software system can save programs money — if you have the right solution and understand the potential risks involved.
 
  * Performance-Based Earned Value  (0508Solomon.pdf PDF 121KB)
by Paul J. Solomon
Performance-Based Earned Value is a set of principles and guidelines that specify the most effective measures of cost, schedule, and product quality performance, which is distinguished by its focus on customer requirements.
 
 
  Open Forum  
  * Balanced Scorecards: From Golf to Business  (0508Ravensberg.pdf PDF 131KB)
by Bill Ravensberg
If you want to be No. 1 in your golf game or in your business, this author shows how effective use of the Balanced Scorecard tool can help get you there by providing balanced measures with supporting data.
 
 
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