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Welcome to the Fraunhofer Center – Maryland (FC-MD) in College
Park—the leading competence center for applied research and technology
transfer in experimental software engineering.FC-MD supports research
and development in the field of software engineering and its enabling
technology. We collaborate with private-sector companies, government
agencies, and academic institutions to develop innovative, actionable
approaches to address their software issues.
Our
mission is to advance the state-of-the-practice in software
development and acquisition organizations by applying state-of-the-art
research results. Our approach is based on the following fundamental
principles:
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applying
empirical methods to evaluate processes and products,
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identifying
improvement areas and proposing changes,
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understanding
the impact of changes on measures of success,
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utilizing
experience to guide technical and management choices,
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tailoring
solutions for specific customer contexts
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transferring
proven technologies into practice.
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