EPRI | Software Development

Customer And Product Access (CAPA) distribution list of SW for retirement consideration with specific criteria
- 2 year review — Determine if it should continue to be orderable or for download only
- 5 year review — intended to identify high value work (like software) that cannot be made public
Stop the distribution of SW by notifying Electric Power Software Center (EPSC)
Review who has downloaded the software and who has access to the software
Determine if the SW is connected to any other business process or software
Software developed under Billable Service Agreements (BSA) require consideration of the contract requirements
- Be sure that all obligations are being met (e.g., Third Party Licensing Agreements)
Software development using contracted resources
- Look at access rights to EPRI resources and discontinue as appropriate

Should older versions be retired or is there a need to keep them active for some subset of users?

When?
- When a new version or release comes out, the older version is archived
- As a result of the 2 and 5 year Sector Product reviews
- Project/Product is no longer supported, or end of project (retired)
How it is removed from distribution?
- Deactivated in SAP
- Removed from the web
Where it is stored?
- Software, source code, test and product/project documentation are currently maintained permanently