COTS-based software systems : Third International Conference, ICCBSS 2004, Redondo Beach, CA, USA, February 1-4, 2004 : proceedings / Rick Kazman, Dan Port (eds.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems, ICCBSS 2004, held in Redondo Beach, CA, USA, in February 2004. The 27 revised papers presented together with summaries of workshops, panels, and tutorials were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The papers address all current issues on commercial-off-the-shelf based software systems, from the point of view of research and development as well as from the practitioner's point of view and spanning the entire software life cycle.

Tutorials -- Using eCots Portal for Sharing Information about Software Products on the Internet and in Corporate Intranets -- Testing Component-Based Software -- Issues, Challenges, and Solutions -- All You Have to Know When Using Commercial Components to Build Your Software Systems -- Workshops -- COTS Terminology and Categories: Can We Reach a Consensus? -- First International Workshop on Incorporating COTS into Software Systems -- Panels -- Panels Introduction -- Posters -- COTS Components for Spacecraft Ground Systems -- Do We Need Requirements in COTS-Based Software Development? -- The Added Dimension: Information Security in COTS-Based Software Systems -- Poster Sessions -- Poster Title: Systemic Quality of the Component-Based Development Process -- Poster Title: COTS Services -- Poster Title: AIAA (Draft) Guidebook "Managing the Use of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software Components for Mission Critical Systems" -- Poster Title: CMMI Compliance in COTS-Based Development -- Papers -- Security in Large System Acquisition -- On the Measurement of COTS Functional Suitability -- A Case Study in COTS Product Integration Using XML -- COTS Product Selection for Safety-Critical Systems -- Driving Component Selection through Actor-Oriented Models and Use Cases -- Managed Technology Adoption Risk: A Way to Realize Better Return from COTS Investments -- Understanding Services for Integration Management -- Migrating Application Integrations -- Web-Based COTS Component Evaluation -- Software Fault-Tolerance with Off-the-Shelf SQL Servers -- ImpACT: An Alternative to Technology Readiness Levels for Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Software -- COTS-Based Systems -- Twelve Lessons Learned about Maintenance -- A Wish List for Requirements Engineering for COTS-Based Information Systems -- From System Requirements to COTS Evaluation Criteria -- Empirical Analysis of COTS Activity Effort Sequences -- Assessing COTS Assessment: How Much Is Enough? -- Experience Reports -- Legal and Contractual Implications in the European Union -- Best Practices for the Acquisition of COTS-Based Systems: Lessons Learned from the Space System Domain -- Managing Vulnerabilities in Your Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Systems Using an Industry Standards Effort (CVE) -- Costing COTS Integration -- U.S. Coast Guard, Differential GPS, Nationwide Control Station -- Requirements Analysis and Management (RAM) of COTS-Based Systems -- A "Success Story" -- COTS Selection and Adoption in a Small Business Environment: How Do You Downsize the Process? -- Managing the COTS Chaos: Experiences from the Trenches Using the Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems -- Characterization of a Taxonomy for Business Applications and the Relationships Among Them.