As the use of commercial technology and products in systems becomes increasingly popular, application developers must develop a better understanding of the dynamic principles and processes for system creation and maintenance. Currently, they have little information on how COTS products affect existing system development processes or what new processes are needed. These authors from the Software Engineering Institute articulate the new and changed process elements for developing and maintaining COTS-based systems.
Index Terms:
commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), commercial products, commercial technology, software process
Citation:
Lisa Brownsword, Tricia Oberndorf, Carol A. Sledge, "Developing New Processes for COTS-Based Systems," IEEE Software, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 48-55, July/Aug. 2000, doi:10.1109/52.854068