Risk

Abstract: Department of Defense (DoD) software costs have grown substantially over the last thirty years and are expected to reach $42 billion in 1995. Moreover, DoD software-intensive systems have been subject to both schedule slippage and poor performance. The effective application of risk management and software reuse throughout the acquisition of a DoD system can be a major factor in containing software life cycle costs and in improving the performance and reliability of the system. This Technical Report documents the activities performed in the development of a prototype DoD procedure aimed at assisting in the management of risks, in particular risks associated with software reuse. The procedure is called the Software Risk Assessment and Mitigation Procedure (RAMP). This Technical Report documents the results of the Phase I and Phase II efforts the RAMP Project. The purpose of Phase I and Phase II of the RAMP Project was to demonstrate the viability and appropriateness of RAMP within the DoD.