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Software Tools: Defense Is Not Ready to Implement I-CASE Departmentwide

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 9, 1993
Report No. IMTEC-93-27
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Summary:

To help streamline operations and manage resources more effectively, the Pentagon began work on several technical projects, including the integrated computer-aided software engineering (I-CASE) acquisition. This effort is intended to provide the military with standard software development tools that can improve software quality and reduce the costs of developing and maintaining software. Due to the immaturity and the evolving nature of the I-CASE industry, GAO concludes that it is very risky for the Defense Department (DOD) to try to implement I-CASE throughout the military. Further, DOD's strategy of acquiring I-CASE tools before determining how its business process will change and what its future software development needs will be is not prudent. DOD has little assurance that the I-CASE contract will deliver products and services that meet the military's needs.

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