Candidate Term Papers Topics: COTS Integration
  • For some choice(s) of X, what's different about the management and economics of X for COTS-based systems?
  •   X's: software requirements
    software architecture & design
    software development & test
    software maintenance
    software project planning & control

  • If you have experience on a project that had to integrate at least two incompatible COTS products, perform a COTS-integration critical-success-factor analysis indicating what factors are most critical to COTS integration success and why.

    Information Sources

  • SEI COTS Based Systems website
  • http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cbs
  • USC COCOTS website
  • http://sunset.usc.edu/research/COCOTS
    - and its "Other COTS Related Websites" section