Description of Driving Event:
Lack of Plan to Maintain Commercial Off the Shelf Software Development Tools
Lesson(s) Learned:
NASA does not have a plan in place to deal with the problem of maintaining the many commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software development tools used in its programs.
Recommendation(s):
NASA should develop a general strategy and provide program-wide guidelines for addressing the maintenance of COTS tools.
Evidence of Recurrence Control Effectiveness:
NASA concurs with the finding that no program-wide plan exists addressing the maintenance of COTS software development tools. A programmatic action has been assigned to develop the usage requirements for COTS/ modified off-the-shelf software including the associated development tools. These guidelines will document maintenance and selection guidelines to be used by all of the applicable program elements.
Documents Related to Lesson:
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Mission Directorate(s):
- Exploration Systems
- Aeronautics Research
Additional Key Phrase(s):
- Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
- Computers
- Configuration Management
- Information Technology/Systems
- Software
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