In the short space of about a decade, Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software has evolved through being a relatively minor aspect of software development; a t- management-endorsedsilverbulletsolutionforsoftwaredevelopment;adisruptivete- nology requiring people and organizations to extensively rethink their approaches to software development; to an increasingly well-understood software phenomenon for which effective solutions are being developed. Part of this understanding has been to recognize that different COTS application sectors can be at different stages of this evolution. Some sectors are just beginning to become COTS-intensive. Some have evolved COTS solutions that are very well matched to their problem domain. Others, including most large-scale applications, still involve their developers in rethinking how to adapt their traditional software architectures, processes, management practices, and personnel skills to accommodate economically attractive but complex combinations of powerful but incompletely compatible and independently evolving COTS products. The series of International Conferences on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS) has been established as a continuing forum for bringing together CBSS developers, s- pliers, and researchers to summarize and discuss progress toward understanding and resolving CBSS problems. This year’s conference theme, “Matching Solutions to P- blems,"re?ectsthisobjective.Wehavebeenfortunatetohavethreeoutstandingkeynote speakers, David Carr, Tricia Oberndorf, and Douglas Schmidt, who have contributed signi?cantly both in analyzing CBSS problems and developing better CBSS solutions. The contributed papers and summaries of workshops, panels, and tutorials in these ProceedingsgiveagoodunderstandingofthenatureanddirectionsofevolutionofCBSS problems and solutions.As has been my experience with previous ICCBSS Proceedings volumes, I believe that you will ?nd lasting value in the content of the Proceedings.
Author(s): Jean-Christophe Mielnik, Vincent Bouthors, Stéphane Laurière, Bernard Lang (auth.), Rick Kazman, Daniel Port (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2959
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 222
Tags: Management of Computing and Information Systems; Software Engineering; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing
Front Matter....Pages -
Using eCots Portal for Sharing Information about Software Products on the Internet and in Corporate Intranets....Pages 1-1
Testing Component-Based Software – Issues, Challenges, and Solutions....Pages 2-2
All You Have to Know When Using Commercial Components to Build Your Software Systems....Pages 3-3
COTS Terminology and Categories: Can We Reach a Consensus?....Pages 4-5
First International Workshop on Incorporating COTS into Software Systems....Pages 6-7
Panels Introduction....Pages 8-8
COTS Components for Spacecraft Ground Systems....Pages 9-10
Do We Need Requirements in COTS-Based Software Development?....Pages 11-12
The Added Dimension: Information Security in COTS-Based Software Systems....Pages 13-13
Poster Title: Systemic Quality of the Component-Based Development Process....Pages 14-14
Poster Title: COTS Services....Pages 15-15
Poster Title: AIAA (Draft) Guidebook ”Managing the Use of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software Components for Mission Critical Systems”....Pages 16-16
Poster Title: CMMI Compliance in COTS-Based Development....Pages 17-17
Security in Large System Acquisition....Pages 18-30
On the Measurement of COTS Functional Suitability....Pages 31-40
A Case Study in COTS Product Integration Using XML....Pages 41-52
COTS Product Selection for Safety-Critical Systems....Pages 53-62
Driving Component Selection through Actor-Oriented Models and Use Cases....Pages 63-73
Managed Technology Adoption Risk: A Way to Realize Better Return from COTS Investments....Pages 74-83
Understanding Services for Integration Management....Pages 84-93
Migrating Application Integrations....Pages 94-103
Web-Based COTS Component Evaluation....Pages 104-116
Software Fault-Tolerance with Off-the-Shelf SQL Servers....Pages 117-126
ImpACT: An Alternative to Technology Readiness Levels for Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Software....Pages 127-136
COTS-Based Systems – Twelve Lessons Learned about Maintenance....Pages 137-145
A Wish List for Requirements Engineering for COTS-Based Information Systems....Pages 146-158
From System Requirements to COTS Evaluation Criteria....Pages 159-168
Empirical Analysis of COTS Activity Effort Sequences....Pages 169-182
Assessing COTS Assessment: How Much Is Enough?....Pages 183-198
Legal and Contractual Implications in the European Union....Pages 199-202
Best Practices for the Acquisition of COTS-Based Systems: Lessons Learned from the Space System Domain....Pages 203-205
Managing Vulnerabilities in Your Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Systems Using an Industry Standards Effort (CVE)....Pages 206-208
Costing COTS Integration....Pages 209-209
U.S. Coast Guard, Differential GPS, Nationwide Control Station....Pages 210-210
Requirements Analysis and Management (RAM) of COTS-Based Systems – A “Success Story”....Pages 211-215
COTS Selection and Adoption in a Small Business Environment: How Do You Downsize the Process?....Pages 216-216
Managing the COTS Chaos: Experiences from the Trenches Using the Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems....Pages 217-217
Characterization of a Taxonomy for Business Applications and the Relationships Among Them....Pages 221-231
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