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Release 6.0      SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE May 17, 2002
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Task:  Modify COTS
Phase:  System Development and Demonstration
Activity:  System Development (Purchase/Customize/Integrate)
Process Areas:  Software Product Engineering, Peer Reviews
Management Responsibility:  Technical Project Officer
Task Level:  Application

1.  Task Name:  Modify COTS

2.  Purpose:  Design, code, and unit test modifications to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software.

3.  Roles:  Functional Analyst, Software Engineer, Database Administrator, Tester

4.  References:  None

5.  Entrance Criteria:

     a.  Software Requirements Description (SRD) (Word 46KB)
     b.  Infrastructure Requirements Description (IRD) (Word 65KB)
     c.  Program Unit/Module Test Checklist Standard (Word 34KB)
     d.  Review Checklist Standard (Word 40KB)
     e.  Review Report Standard (Word 31KB)

6.  Procedures:

     a.  Design systems architecture
     b.  Design software architecture and software components
     c.  Design database
     d.  Design user/system interfaces (web pages, reports, screens)
     e.  Design conversion/initiation processes
     f.   Generate software databases and screens or pages
     g.  Write code
     h.  Perform software requirements, design, and code peer reviews
     i.   Prepare test scripts
     j.   Test database and software

7.  Exit Criteria:

     a.  Software Design
     b.  Database Design
     c.  Architecture Design
     d.  Web Design
     e.  Review Checklists (Software Requirements Peer Review, Design Peer
          Review, Code Peer Review) (Word 40KB)
     f.   Review Reports (Software Requirements Peer Review, Design Peer Review,
          Code Peer Review) (Word 31KB)
     g.  Test Scripts (Word 75KB)
     h.  Program Unit/Module Test Checklist (Word 34KB)

8.  Estimation Criteria:

9.  Measures:


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