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... occurred in the fall of 1996 when AWIPS Build 1 was installed at 12 sites, 9 of which are NWS weather forecast offices or river forecast centers. In this report, the National Weather Service Modernization Committee (NWSM Committee)
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... The procedures and automated tools used during the OT&E to catalog and track reported problems have evolved into an effective change management process and configuration management tool for the AWIPS program. Based on these observations, the NWSM Committee concludes that the OT&E process is an effective, valuable, and necessary element in the incremental development and deployment of a system capable of fulfilling the objectives of the NWS modernization program.
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... problems related to locally developed code, which is application software written by NWS field office staff for local use but attached to the AWIPS software system, and (2) the difficult task of transferring development and maintenance responsibilities for major software modules from the development group that initially writes the software to another group (i.e., the transfer of ownership of AWIPS software)
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... The NWSM Committee has specific suggestions to offer on several aspects of continuing risk management. First, even with the current contingency plans for the AWIPS satellite broadcast network, the committee is concerned that the master ground station in this network is a potential single point of failure for the entire AWIPS.
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... Recommendation. Detailed contingency plans for countering external threats to the integrity of the AWIPS system should be an integral part of the AWIPS risk management plan.
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  • locally developed
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  • awips risk
  • management plan
  • developed code

  • satellite broadcast
  • incremental development
  • national weather
  • awips network
  • ground station

  • contingency plans
  • entire awips
  • nws field
  • master ground
  • weather service

  • trouble detection
  • regression testing
  • active nodes
  • prospective commentary
  • regional offices

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  • engineering processes
  • effective change
  • code development
  • external communications


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