Measuring and Maintaining COTS-Based Software Systems.pptVIP

Outline COTS - What Is It? Are contracts or other legal means your best defense against defective third-party software? Are there technical approaches that you, a COTS consumer or system integrator, can use? Summary Terminology COTS (Commercial-off-the-shelf) OTS (Off-the-shelf), GOTS CAS (Commercially acquired software) NDI (Non-developmental item) Third-party Public-domain Definition What is a COTS software component? A software component that is obtained from a third party and that the system integrator uses on an “as is” basis. Why COTS Software? 10 lines of code per day