Airborne Systems Software Acquisition Engineering Guidebook For Computer Program Documentation Requirements PDF Download

This report is one of a series of guidebooks whose purpose is to assist Air Force Program Office and Engineering personnel in the acquisition and engineering of airborne systems software. This guidebook discusses the documents, methods and procedures for use in planning, monitoring, controlling and reporting weapon system acquisitions involving software development. It emphasizes the importance of planning and discusses the dynamic of the planning process along with the associated planning documents. It describes the role, use and relationship of the Program Management Plan, Procurement Plan, Test and Evaluation Master Plan, Computer Program Development Plan, Configuration Management Plan, Quality Assurance Plan, Computer Resources Integrated Support Plan and the Operational/Support Configuration Management Procedures. It stresses that plans are the basis for monitoring and controlling software development programs. (Author).