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The incorporation of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software into software-intensive systems brings promises of significantly reduced cost and schedule, and improved reliability and maintainability, by using “proven” software. However, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) programs often find that the reality is very different!
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Adams, R.J., Eslinger, S. (2004). Best Practices for the Acquisition of COTS-Based Systems: Lessons Learned from the Space System Domain. In: Kazman, R., Port, D. (eds) COTS-Based Software Systems. ICCBSS 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2959. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24645-9_31
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