Risk Assessment Methodology for Software Supportability (RAMSS)

Author

Peercy, David E.

fYear

1988

fDate

24-27 Oct 1988

Firstpage

283

Abstract

Concerns the Risk Assessment Methodology for Software Supportability (RAMSS), the overall approach being tested for use by the US Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center. Although the RAMSS is not a mature methodology, elements of the methodology have been used since 1979. The derived baseline database of maintenance actions across 80 systems and more than 300 block releases is being further developed, and evaluation metrics, techniques and procedures are being refined. Risk regression models have been derived for the estimated risk based on productivity factors and a historical maintenance database, and the evaluated risk based on supportability quality criteria and a historical evaluation database. The RAMSS has been derived for the Air Force, but the elements of the methodology apply to any software maintenance application which is based on the concept of version releases

Keywords

military computing; software engineering; RAMSS; Risk Assessment Methodology for Software Supportability; US Air Force; baseline database; evaluation metrics; historical maintenance database; productivity factors; regression models; software maintenance application; supportability quality criteria; version releases; Cost function; Peer to peer computing; Performance evaluation; Procurement; Risk management; Software maintenance; Software quality; Software standards; Software systems; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance, 1988., Proceedings of the Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0879-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSM.1988.10177

Filename

10177