Appendix C - Contracted Development Checklists

• Pre-RFP Acquisition Strategy and Planning
• Procurement
• Post-Award Performance Monitoring and Evaluation

Pre-RFP Acquisition Strategy and Planning

• Assign/matrix personnel with Ada 95 training and experience to the project.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 28, 33, 41, 42

• Use risk management technology early.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 41

• Gain awareness of other Ada 95 adoption efforts through information buying.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 41, 42, 43

• Invest in training and consulting.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 41

• Involve staff, contractors, and support contractors in the adoption.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 41

• Benchmark and evaluate the tools to assess readiness.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 23, 25, 41

• Employ incremental transition strategies.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 23, 41

• Ensure that the project's success does not rest on the use of the new technology.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 41

• Use the new technology to enhance your organization's competiveness.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 41

• Amortize the risk of adoption over several programs.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 41

• Make use of Ada-based cost estimation tools such as Ada-COCOMO, REVIC, SLIM, and SoftCost-Ada.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 19

• Use pilot project efforts to help calibrate cost estimation models.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 19

• Minimize the number of simultaneous new technologies adopted.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 19

• Use the transition to Ada 83 as an approximation for the transition to Ada 95 in cost and schedule planning.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 19

• Track status and availability of compilers from all vendors.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 23

• Track the DOD policy on the use of non-validated and validated compilers.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 23

• Track the status of support tools for Ada 95.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 23

• Conduct benchmarking activities to evaluate prospective compilers,

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 23

• Conduct pilot projects to evaluate the use of Ada 95 compilers.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 23

• Evaluate the opportunity to incrementally adopt Ada 95.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 23

• Ensure a detailed understanding of the technical issues of upward compatibility.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 27

• Assess the degree of Ada 95 upward compatibility of all existing Ada 83 software.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 28

• Investigate the degree to which new Ada 95 tools will be able to switch between Ada 83 and Ada 95 modes.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 28

• Evaluate the use of non-Ada legacy software, using technology such as "wrappers" and re-engineering to ensure cost-effective use of legacy code.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 28

• Ensure early and adequate training is provided for the staff.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 32

• Ensure that the contractor is already trained or provide for training.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 32

• Acquire and disseminate technology transfer materials to staff and contractors.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 32

• Seed trained people onto pilot projects.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 32

• Seed pilot project personnel onto full projects.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 32

• Ensure that multiple software development methods are not being used on the project.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 35

• Coordinate with CASE tool vendors to ensure that the tools support Ada 95 in the manner and timeframe appropriate to the project's needs.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 35

• Ensure that both staff and contractor are properly trained in an appropriate software development method.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 35

• Hire a consultant to mentor the project on new software development methods if they are being used for the first time.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 35

• To minimize risk, review the project to ensure that only the language or the development method has changed, but not both.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 35

• If both language and development method must change simultaneously, conduct a pilot project to evaluate the success and minimize risk.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 35

• Employ a SETA contractor to monitor technical risks during development.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 35

• Identify all applicable standards, COTS, and legacy software.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 38

• Make use of existing legacy code within new Ada 95 code if applicable.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 38

• Determine the project's bindings needs and risk areas.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 38

• Investigate the current wrapper technology to support the continued use of legacy code during system migration.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 38

• Ensure that the project's architecture is mapped to an "open system" standard such as the NIST APP or DISA's TAFIM.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 38

• Examine bidder's proposal for compatibility between methodology choice and Ada 95 adoption.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 35

Procurement

• Include personnel with adequate Ada 95 expertise on the Source Selection Evaluation Board.

  Reference: Chapter 5, page 57, 58

• Determine adequacy of the Ada 95 competition base, considering the trade-off between Ada 95 experience and applications domain experience.

  Reference: Chapter 5, page55

• Provide instructions for tailoring and evaluating proposal Software Development Plans.

  Reference: Chapter 4, page 52

• Define need and procedures for on-site assessment of contractor Ada 95 capabilities.

  Reference: Chapter 4, page 50

• Determine whether the proposed tool set supports all language features needed.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 23, 41

• Evaluate the contractor's approach to using wrapper technology to preserve legacy code during system upgrade or migration.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 28, 31, 38

• Identify incentives for the contractor to accept greater risk when changing both development method and language simultaneously.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 19, 36

• Evaluate the contractor's approach to code reuse (Ada and other languages).

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 20

• Conduct pre-award survey prior to final award.

  Reference: Chapter 5, page 57, 58

• Assess the adoption risk if proposed by contractors during the project.

  Reference: Chapter 4, page 52

Post Award Contract Performance Monitoring and Evaluation

• Update formal software review procedures to include evaluation of upward compatibility of current Ada 83 code.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 29

• Fund maintenance contracts on existing tools to enable the project to upgrade to the Ada 95 versions as they become available.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 30

• Review early adoption lessons learned reports to minimize risk.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 19

• Matrix, contract, or train Ada 95 expertise for the Program Office to support technical performance monitoring and evaluation at milestone reviews or technical interchanges.

  Reference: Chapter 3, page 41

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