A Study of Best Practice Adoption by Defense Acquisition Programs.

Best practices are often recommended as a way to improve the success and quality of soft-ware- intensive system acquisitions within the Department of Defense. However, one of the primary questions raised by this recommendation is, "To what degree have existing projects, in fact, adopted the best practices?" While the assumption is that most programs are not using best practices, there are few specific studies available. This article presents the results of a study that measured best practice adoption in defense acquisitions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]