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SDOE 605 Systems IntegrationPre-Reading Assignments

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SDOE 605 Pre-Reading Assignments There are four assignments for the SDOE 605 Pre-Reading Assignment:

1. Boeing 787 systems integration practices based on lessons learned in the Boeing and Airbus aircraft projects

2. Integration of Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) technologies

3. Comparing Plan Driven and Agile approaches for integration and testing.

4. Requirements Development, Verification, and Validation Exhibited in Famous Failures (reading only)

Be prepared to discuss the assignments on the first day of class. You may contact the professor by email if there are any questions about

the assignments.

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SDOE 605 Pre-Reading Assignment #1 Read the following papers on the Boeing and Airbus aircraft:

» Lapin, M. (1995). Testing Boeing’s 777: Aerospace giant leaves nothing to chance. Test and Measurement World, April, 1995.

» Pehrson, R.J. (1996). Software Development for the Boeing 777.

» Witwer, B. (1996). Systems integration of the 777 airplane information management system (AIMS). Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE, April, Vol. 11, Issue 4, pages 17 -21.

» Wall Street Journal (April 1, 2005) “Streamlined Plane Making”.

Based on your readings on the Boeing and Airbus aircraft:» Identify 5 good SI practices that should be continued for the

Boeing 787 aircraft project» Identify 5 areas for improvement that should be applied to the

Boeing 787 aircraft project.

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Case Study - Boeing 787

Good systems integration practices to use on the Boeing 787 aircraft project from Boeing 777 and Airbus aircraft:

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Case Study - Boeing 787

Systems integration improvement opportunities from Boeing 777 and Airbus aircraft that should be applied to the Boeing 787 aircraft project:

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Assignment #2 Read the following papers on using Commercial Off-the-Shelf

(COTS) technologies:» Boehm, B and Abts, C. (1999). COTS integration: Plug and pray?

IEEE Computer, 32(1), January 1999.» Reifer, D.J.; Basili, V.R.; Boehm, B.W.; Clark, B. (2003). Eight

lessons learned during COTS-based systems maintenance. Software, IEEE, Volume: 20, Issue: 5, Sept.-Oct. 2003. Pages:94 – 96

» Sedigh-Ali, S., Ghafoor, A., Paul, R. (2001). Software Engineering Metrics for COTS Based Systems. IEEE Computer, Vol. 34, No. 5, May 2001, pp. 44-50.

Based on your readings on COTS technologies:» Identify 5 benefits to integrating Commercial-Off-The-Shelf

(COTS) technologies in development projects» Identify 5 potential problems to integrating Commercial-Off-

The-Shelf (COTS) technologies in development projects.

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Assignment #2Five benefits to integrating Commercial-Off-The-Shelf

(COTS) technologies in development projects:

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Assignment #2Five potential problems to integrating Commercial-Off-The-

Shelf (COTS) technologies in development projects:

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Assignment #3 Read the following paper:

» Pyhajarvi, M.; Rautiainen, K. (2004). Integrating Testing and Integration into Development. Engineering Management Journal, March 2004, 16, 1, page 33-39.

Based on your reading of this paper:» Identify advantages and issues associated with Plan Driven

integration and testing» Identify advantages and issues associated with Agile approaches to

integration and testing.

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Assignment #3Plan Driven integration and testing:

• Advantages

• Issues

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Assignment #3Agile integration and testing:

• Advantages

• Issues

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Assignment #4 Read the following paper:

» Bahill, A. Terry, and Henderson, Steven J., Requirements Development, Verification, and Validation Exhibited in Famous Failures (2004)

» Be prepared to discuss these programs and their issues related to integration, verification, and validation in class