Partnership/Subcontracting, Acquisition - sources

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WWW sites

  1. Software Program Managers Network/free books about software aqcuisition and other areas, too
  2. Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model, Software Engineering Institute
  3. Guidelines for Successful Acquisition and Management of Software Intensive System, latest version (U.S. Air Force Software Technology Support Center (STSC))
  4. Steve Davidson's publications about contractual and legal issues of software acquisition
  5. Allen Eskelin's home page, Technology Acquisition
  6. CIO.com Outsourcing Research Center
  7. Outsourcing Pipeline, InformationWeek
  8. National Outsourcing Association home page
  9. The Outsourcing Institute home page
  10. InformationWeek's outsourcing blog
  11. Sourcingmag.com, Advice for IT and business process outsourcing

Literature



  1. Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model (SA-CMM®), Software Engineering Institue
  2. IEEE standard 1062-1998 Recommended Practice for Software Acquisition, (CS Store Subjects > IEEE Standards)
  3. Program Managers Guide to Software Acquisition, Software Program Managers Network, 1998, SPMN Guidebooks
  4. The Condensed Guide To Software Acquisition Best Practices, Software Program Managers Network, 1998, SPMN Guidebooks
  5. The Guidebook of Software Acquisition Questions, Software Program Managers Network, July 1999, SPMN Guidebooks
  6. R. Aalders: The IT Outsourcing Guide, Wiley & Sons, 2001
  7. B. de Baar: "25 Rock Solid Tips to Supervise Offshore Development", ProjectShrink, Aug 18, 2008
  8. B. de Baar: "Offshore outsourcing projects: Seven things every PM should know", SearchSoftwareQuality.com, 08.08.2008
  9. H. Baldwin: "Fallacies About Failure. What's the truth behind claims that outsourced or offshore development projects fail more often than onshore projects? Skills aren't an issue, but how you manage projects determine success or failure", Global Services, Ocotber 30, 2006
  10. B. P. Gallagher: CMMI-ACQ: Guidelines for Improving the Acquisition of Products and Services, Addison-Wesley Professional (SEI Series in Software Engineering), 2009
  11. H. M. Christiansen: "Case Studies On Bringing Agility to Offshore Software Development",Agile Journal, Feb 10, 2007
  12. K. Coleman: "Agile Using Offshore Development: The Costs and Risks", Agile Journal, Sept 07, 2008
  13. M. Cottmeyer: "Taking Agile Offshore", Leading Agile, May 18, 2008
  14. S. J. Davidson: Triggers, Traps And The Threat Of Doom. Avoiding Pitfalls And Allocating Risk In Major Software Development And Acquisition Contracts, 12th Annual Computer & Information Law Institute, September 23-26, 1998,
  15. A. Dorling: "Succesful Information Technology Procurement", Software Quality Professional, pp. 21 - 33, June 2002
  16. A. Eskelin: Technology Acquisition: Buying the Future of Your Business, Addison-Wesley, 2001
  17. A. Filev: "Adopting and Benefiting from Agile Processes in Offshore Software Development", Microsoft Architect Journal, July 2006
  18. M. Fowler: "Using an Agile Software Process with Offshore Development", martin.Fowler.com, 18 Jul, 2006
  19. E. Gengler: "9 Reasons Why Software Offshoring Won't Work (and Why You Shouldn't Believe Them)", Sourcingmag.com
  20. G. Getto: "Risk Management Supporting Quality Management of Software Acquisition Projects", Software Quality Professional, March 2000
  21. "Global Success Stories", Software Development, pp.44 - 47, January 2006
  22. J. K. Halvey, B. M. Melby: Information Technology Outsourcing Transactions: Process, Strategies, and Contracts, Wiley, 1999
  23. M.J. Hillelsohn: "Been There, Done That: Some Lessons Learned on Software Development Contracts" in D.J. Reifer (ed.): Software Management, 5th ed., IEEE Computer Society, 1997
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  29. A. Makar: Requirements Management in Outsourced Projects, gantthead.com, September 24, 2007
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  31. V. Massol : AOSD: Agile Offshore, Javapolis, 17.12.2004
  32. S. McConnell: Rapid Development, (Chapter 28, Outsourcing), Microsoft Press, 1996
  33. B. Meyer: "The Unspoken Revolution in Software Engineering", IEEE Computer, pp. 124, 122-123, January 2006
  34. B. C. Meyers, P. Oberndorf: Managing Software Acquisition: Open Systems and COTS Products, SEI Series in Software Engineering (Addison-Wesley), 2001
  35. S. Mezak: Software without Borders: A Step-By-Step Guide to Outsourcing Your Software, Earthrise Press, 2006
  36. N. Mitsumori: "Testing Araound the World. 6 Lessons for Successful Outsourcing.", Better Software, pp 18 - 22, May 2007
  37. S. Overby: "The Hidden Cost of Offshore Outsourcing", CIO Magazine, 1.10.2003
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  39. D.J. Reifer: "Seven Hot Outsourcing Practices", IEEE Software, pp. 14 - 16, January/February 2004
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  41. S. Sakthivel: "Managing risk in offshore systems development", Communications of the ACM, pp. 69 - 75, April 2007
  42. P. Sammons: The Outsourcing R&D Toolkit, Gower Publishing, 2000
  43. V. Sankaran: "Taking Requirements Offshore", gantthead.com, September 4, 2007
  44. M. Simons: "Internationally Agile", informIT, Mar 15, 2002
  45. E. Sparrow: Successful IT Outsourcing, Springer, 2003
  46. R. H. Spencer, R.E. Floyd: "The care and feeding of vendors and contractors", Professional Communication Conference, 1999. IPCC 99. Communication Jazz: Improvising the New International Communication Culture. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International
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  48. W. Strigel: "Outsourcing: What Works", Software Development, pp. 46 - 48, January 2004
  49. T. Thavendran: "Managing Offshore Software Projects The Agile way", Project Perfect, Aug 2006
  50. V. Upadrista: Managing Offshore Development Projects: An Agile Approach. Multi-Media Publications, 2008
  51. E. Weller: "Outsourcing. Take home a dozen tips that can keep your project from getting burned", Better Software, pp. 25 - 29, November/December 2004
  52. N. Whitten: Managing Software Development Projects (Chapter 13, Vendor Relationships), John Wiley & Sons, 1995
  53. K. Wiegers: "See You in Court", Software Development, pp. 36 - 40, January 2003
  54. I. Whittingham: Parsing the Fine Print, gantthead.com, September 24, 2007
  55. E. Yourdon: OUTSOURCE: Competing in the Global Productivity Race, Prentice Hall PRT, 2004