COTS-Based Software Systems

COTS-Based Systems (CBS) Functional Density-A Heuristic for Better CBS Design.- Meeting the Challenges of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Products: The Information Technology Solutions Evolution Process (ITSEP).- Lessons Learned Integrating COTS into Systems.- Risk Reduction in COTS Software Selection with BASIS.- European COTS User Working Group: Analysis of the Common Problems and Current Practices of the European COTS Users.- Combined Selection of COTS Components.- Identifying Evolvability for Integration.- Issues in Developing Security Wrapper Technology for COTS Software Products.- A Process for COTS Software Product Evaluation.- Five Hurdles to the Successful Adoption of Component-Based COTS in a Corporate Setting.- On Building Testable Software Components.- Streamlining the Acquisition Process for Large-Scale COTS Middleware Components.- Storyboard Process to Assist in Requirements Verification and Adaptation to Capabilities Inherent in COTS.- Realizing the Potential for COTS Utilization: A Work in Progress.- Rethinking Process Guidance for Selecting Software Components.- Definition and Classification of COTS: A Proposal.- The Limitations of Current Decision-Making Techniques in the Procurement of COTS Software Components.- COTS-Based System Engineering: The Linguistics Approach.- Merging Integration Solutions for Architecture and Security Mismatch.- The Integration of COTS/GOTS within NASA's HST Command and Control System.- Replaceable Components and the Service Provider Interface.- The Standard Autonomous File Server, a Customized, Off-The-Shelf Success Story.- Implementing Large-Scale COTS Reengineering within the United States Department of Defense.