12Costing and Managing Off-the-Shelf Systems
12.1 INTRODUCTION
Expanding the use of pre-existing hardware and software items for new product development offers owners and developers opportunities for reduced development cycle times, faster cycle times for new technology, potentially LCC, greater reliability and availability, and support from a more diverse industrial base. The use of pre-existing items or those designed for other applications (we will call these off-the-shelf systems) permeates all aspects of modern new product development. “off-the-shelf” and “open source” are the mantras for developing complex software-centric systems in the global economy of the 21st century.
Using pre-existing commercially ...
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