| Preface |
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| Summary |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Abbreviations |
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Initial Study: Assessing Software Competencies |
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Follow-On Study: Identifying the Software Acquisition Workforce |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (2) |
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Organization of This Report |
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Chapter Two Snapshot of DoD Software Personnel |
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Mix of Uniformed and Nonuniformed DoD Software Personnel |
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Acquisition Career Field of DoD Software Personnel |
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Educational Background of DoD Software Personnel |
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11 | (3) |
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Experience and Pay-Scale Distributions of DoD Software Personnel Versus Commercial Industry |
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14 | (5) |
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Summary of DoD Software Workforce Characterization |
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19 | (2) |
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Chapter Three Characterizing DoD Software Acquisitions |
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21 | (8) |
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Warfighter Support Software Development Dominates DoD Acquisitions |
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22 | (1) |
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Most Software Developed by Major DoD Programs Is Tightly Integrated with Underlying Hardware |
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23 | (3) |
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Security and Safety Challenges Are Far Greater Than Most Commercial Development Efforts |
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26 | (3) |
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Chapter Four Challenges Faced by Software Development Organizations Within DoD |
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29 | (12) |
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Managing the Change to Modern Software Practices |
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30 | (4) |
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Managing Software Development |
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34 | (3) |
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Acquiring Software Talent |
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37 | (4) |
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Chapter Five DoD Workforce Data Call Lessons Learned |
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Data Call Objectives: Constrained Options for DoD Software Workforce Data Collection |
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41 | (6) |
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Leveraging Working Group Products to Build a Coalition of the Willing |
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47 | (2) |
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DoD Workforce Data Call Lessons Learned and Recommendations |
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49 | (4) |
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Chapter Six Summary and Recommendations |
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53 | (4) |
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DoD Software Development Process Recommendations |
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53 | (1) |
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DoD Software Workforce Development Recommendations |
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54 | (1) |
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DoD Software Workforce Characterization Recommendations |
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54 | (1) |
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Considerations for Future Data Call |
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A Data Collection Methodology |
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B Workforce Data Analysis |
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71 | (18) |
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C Data Visualizations and Discussion of DoD Sample |
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89 | (8) |
| References |
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