Term Definition: COTS package solution
Main Description

A COTS Package Solution integrates:

  • one or more pre-existing software components from the commercial marketplace (i.e., COTS components), the legacy system (a piece of the system being replaced), reuse libraries, or other reuse sources (e.g., freeware, shareware)
  • any required custom code (including wrappers and "glue")
  • appropriate linkage/interface to the broader organization's architecture and external systems
  • user's business processes including any changes necessary to match the processes provided by the integrated components and custom code