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 There are four assignments for the SDOE 605 Pre-Reading Assignment:
1.
Boeing 787 systems integration practices based on lessons learned in the Boeing and Airbus aircraft projects
2.
Integration of Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) technologies
3.
Comparing Plan Driven and Agile approaches for integration and testing.
4.
Requirements Development, Verification, and Validation Exhibited in
Famous Failures (reading only)
 Be prepared to discuss the assignments on the first day of class.
 You may contact the professor by email if there are any questions about the assignments.
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 Read the following papers on the Boeing and Airbus aircraft:
» Lapin, M. (1995). Testing Boeing’s 777: Aerospace giant leaves nothing to chance. Test and Measurement World, April, 1995.
» Pehrson, R.J. (1996). Software Development for the Boeing 777.
» Witwer, B. (1996).
Systems integration of the 777 airplane information management system (AIMS). Aerospace and Electronic
Systems Magazine, IEEE, April, Vol. 11, Issue 4, pages 17 -21.
» Wall Street Journal (April 1, 2005) “Streamlined Plane Making”.
 Based on your readings on the Boeing and Airbus aircraft:
» Identify 5 good SI practices that should be continued for the
Boeing 787 aircraft project
» Identify 5 areas for improvement that should be applied to the
Boeing 787 aircraft project.
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Good systems integration practices to use on the Boeing
787 aircraft project from Boeing 777 and Airbus aircraft:
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Systems integration improvement opportunities from
Boeing 777 and Airbus aircraft that should be applied to the Boeing 787 aircraft project:
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 Read the following papers on using Commercial Off-the-Shelf
(COTS) technologies:
» Boehm, B and Abts, C. (1999). COTS integration: Plug and pray?
IEEE Computer, 32(1), January 1999.
» Reifer, D.J.; Basili, V.R.; Boehm, B.W.; Clark, B. (2003). Eight lessons learned during COTS-based systems maintenance. Software,
IEEE, Volume: 20, Issue: 5, Sept.-Oct. 2003. Pages:94 – 96
» Sedigh-Ali, S., Ghafoor, A., Paul, R. (2001). Software Engineering
Metrics for COTS Based Systems. IEEE Computer, Vol. 34, No. 5,
May 2001, pp. 44-50.
 Based on your readings on COTS technologies:
» Identify 5 benefits to integrating Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
(COTS) technologies in development projects
» Identify 5 potential problems to integrating Commercial-Off-
The-Shelf (COTS) technologies in development projects.
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Five benefits to integrating Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
(COTS) technologies in development projects:
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5.
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Five potential problems to integrating Commercial-Off-The-
Shelf (COTS) technologies in development projects:
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 Read the following paper:
» Pyhajarvi, M.; Rautiainen, K. (2004). Integrating Testing and
Integration into Development. Engineering Management Journal,
March 2004, 16, 1, page 33-39.
 Based on your reading of this paper:
» Identify advantages and issues associated with Plan Driven integration and testing
» Identify advantages and issues associated with Agile approaches to integration and testing.
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Plan Driven integration and testing:
• Advantages
• Issues
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Agile integration and testing:
• Advantages
• Issues
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 Read the following paper:
» Bahill, A.
Terry, and Henderson, Steven J., Requirements
Development, Verification, and Validation Exhibited in Famous
Failures (2004)
» Be prepared to discuss these programs and their issues related to integration, verification, and validation in class
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