Version 1.1 - 10/9/97

The purpose of Technology Change Management is to identify new technologies (i.e., tools, methods, and processes) and track them into the SSC San Diego organization in an orderly manner.

Technology Change Management involves identifying, selecting, and evaluating new technologies into the organization. The objective is to improve software quality, increase productivity, and decrease the cycle time for product development.

SSC San Diego shall:

1. Plan incorporation of technology changes.
2. Evaluate new technologies to determine their effect on quality and productivity.
3. Transfer appropriate new technologies into normal practice across the organization.
4. Have senior management sponsor the organization's activities for technology change management.
5. Have senior management oversee the organization's technology change management activities.
6. Have a group responsible for the organization's technology change management activities.
7. Provide adequate resources and funding to establish and staff a group responsible for the organization's technology change management activities.
8. Ensure that support exists for collecting and analyzing data needed to evaluate technology changes.
9. Have available appropriate data on the software processes and software work products to support analyses performed to evaluate and select technology changes.
10. Require training for the members of the group responsible for the organization's technology change management activities in the performance of these activities.
11. Ensure that the organization develops and maintains a plan for technology change management.
12. Ensure that he group responsible for the organization's technology change management activities works with the software projects in identifying areas of technology change.
13. Keep software managers and technical staff informed of new technologies.
14. Have the group responsible for the organization's technology change management systematically analyzes the organization's standard software process to identify areas that need or could benefit from new technology.
15. Select and acquire technologies for the organization and software projects according to a documented procedure.
16. Conduct pilot efforts for improving technology, where appropriate, before a new technology is introduced into normal practice.
17. Incorporate appropriate new technologies into the organization's standard software process according to a documented procedure.
18. Incorporate appropriate new technologies into the project' defined software processes according to a documented procedure.
19. Make and use measurement to determine the status of the organization's activities for technology change management.
20. Review the organization's activities for technology change management with senior management on a periodic basis.
21. Conduct reviews or audits by the software quality assurance group the activities and work products for technology change management and reports the results.

The SSC San Diego Commanding Officer is responsible for implementing this policy.

The Software Engineering Process Office (SEPO) is responsible for maintaining this policy.