Guidelines for Tailoring DOD-STD-2167A for SDS (Strategic Defense System) Software Development

Abstract : IDA Paper P-2018 provides the SDIO with guidelines for tailoring of DOD-STD-2167A and related Data Item Descriptions (DIDs) including a suggested interpretation of the review requirements in MIL-STD-1521B for use as guidelines in developing prototype and production software. Although not approved for use, revision A of DOD-STD-2167 was chosen as the subject since it will supersede the current standard in 1987, and because it more adequately addresses modern software technology ideas. The recommendations in this paper are intended to be reflected in Requests for Proposals (RFPs) distributed to vendors proposing to develop SDI software and in contracts left for SDI software acquisition.