Software Engineering Institute

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) provides leadership in advancing the state of software engineering practice. We collaborate with industry, academia, and the government to learn about the best technical and management practices and then use what we learn to benefit the software engineering community.

The SEI program of work consists of initiatives grouped into three areas of software engineering: technical practices (especially product engineering principles and methods), management practices, and independent research and development (IRAD) activities. The COTS-Based Systems Initiative is grouped with other technical practice initiatives like Dependable System Upgrade, Product Line Practice, Architecture Tradeoff Analysis, and Survivable Systems.

The institute is based at Carnegie Mellon University and is sponsored by the U.S. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics [OUSD (AT&L)].

Learn more about the SEI at http://www.sei.cmu.edu.