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Presentation
Requirements Analysis and Management (RAM)
of COTS-Based Systems—A "Success Story
    authors
  Gail Talbott
  Barbara Simmons

 

  As COTS software solutions are developed and integrated to address and enhance government and commercial business processes needs, specific and systemic issues are coming to light. This presentation is based on the experience of Lockheed Martin Asset Solution Integration (ASI) as a COTS product solution integrator in the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) marketplace. This experience indicates that well defined processes for performance of requirements management and the test management aspects of software product engineering are critical to ensuring successful COTS-based system implementation. Institutionalizing these processes has precluded the erroneous utilization of resources to address poorly defined requirements and subsequent associated rework during the implementation of a COTS-based system. This presentation will describe a proven approach to requirements analysis and management and discuss the implications of the methodology developed during our successful COTS-based systems implementations and deliveries.