United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-04-30 monographic deposited born digital 39 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-98-88 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-88 P0b002ee1803a0759 f:ai98088 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-88 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-88 AIMD-98-88 Computer software Financial management systems Requirements definition Computer software verification and validation Strategic information systems planning Municipal governments Financial management systems District of Columbia DC Financial Management System Software Capability Maturity Model CMM Letter Report AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed whether the District of Columbia had implemented disciplined software acquisition processes for its new financial management system (FMS).<p/>GAO noted that: (1) while the district has many strengths in its acquisition processes for FMS, it also has many weaknesses; (2) when compared to standards established by the Software Engineering Institute, the District's processes for software acquisitions are not mature; (3) of the six key process areas (KPA) evaluated for the repeatable level, the District fully satisfied only one--solicitation; (4) severe weaknesses were found in other critical key processes, including requirements development and management and evaluation; (5) for example, the District does not have a policy for establishing and managing software-related requirements, does not at present have adequate resources for requirements development, and has not formally designated responsibility for requirements development and management; (6) similarly, the District does not have an effective evaluation process, and is currently unable to objectively determine if the acquired systems will satisfy the contract requirement; (7) finally, the District has not satisfied the one KPA evaluated for the defined level of maturity, acquisition risk management; and (8) the FMS project does not have a risk management plan and does not track project risk. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-88/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-88.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-88/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-88.pdf GAO/AIMD-98-88 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-88 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-98-88; District of Columbia: Software Acquisition Processes for a New Financial Management System; Computer software Financial management systems Requirements definition Computer software verification and validation Strategic information systems planning Municipal governments Financial management systems District of Columbia DC Financial Management System Software Capability Maturity Model CMM