Software Engineering Institute

Software Acquisition Go Bag: Cracking the CNS Code

In this webcast, Brigid O’Hearn, Christina Rhylander, and Julie Cohen provide you with the practical insight you need to develop a Capability Needs Statement (CNS) that will be effective for your ...
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Tools for Building an AI-Enabled SOC

In this webcast, Justin Novak and Christopher Ian Rodman discuss how AI can be leveraged to build out and enable your security operations center (SOC) by covering gaps in tools, workforce, and ...
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Cracking the Capability Needs Statement (CNS) Code

This newsletter compiles the latest SEI releases and news about new guidance on creating Capability Needs Statements (CNS) for programs on the Software Acquisition Pathway, the feasibility and ...
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Foundational Practices for AI for Autonomy

When designing autonomous systems, specifically uncrewed vehicle platforms (UxVs), a system-level approach is essential for integrating AI components. These components offer new opportunities that ...
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The DevSecOps Capability Maturity Model

Chick, T., Frye, B., and Reffett, A., 2025: The DevSecOps Capability Maturity Model. Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Insights (blog ...
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How Does a CNS Drive the Process for Creating Working Software?

This supplement provides details on how to break down an approved CNS into backlog items to help begin creating software. During the planning phase, the Program Management Office (PMO) uses the ...
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All The Tools You Need: The SEI’s Software Acquisition Go Bag

This fact sheet offers an overview of the Software Acquisition Pathway (SWP), common questions that arise when implementing the SWP, and the SEI's Software Acquisition Go Bag. To support the ...
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Maturing AI Adoption: From Chaos to Consistency

This newsletter compiles the latest SEI releases and news about the Artificial Intellience (AI) Adoption Maturity Model; applying causal learning to evaluate large ...
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Cracking the CNS Code

Getting the Capability Needs Statement (CNS) right unlocks substantial benefits (e.g., help you develop your acquisition strategy and cost estimates). Taking the time to engage effectively with Users ...
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Is Your PMO Ready to Involve Users in the Software Pathway (SWP) and to Adapt as Needed?

Eileen Wrubel (Technical Director of Smart Software Acquisition) of the Software Solutions Division at the SEI explains how program offices must consistently and continuously involve users in the ...
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Maturing AI Adoption: From Chaos to Consistency

Our latest podcast highlights an AI Adoption Maturity Model that organizations can use to create a roadmap for predictable AI adoption and realization of AI benefits. While Stanford University found ...