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Software continues to be the single greatest challenge facing DoD systems developers. The criticality of software as a integral component of system design, continues to grow in importance as DoD moves into the 21st Century. To meet this ever increasing challenge, software development organizations are incorporating new design requirements and practices into their development processes. These new requirements/practices, properly implemented into the development process, can reduce software development and maintenance costs and increase software quality and development productivity. This thesis investigates the impact of three management-selected software development requirements/practices--CASE tools, Ada, and software reuse--on the progress of a particular DoD software development project, known as Project X. After a brief introduction the thesis presents background literature on the three development requirements of Project X. The background literature is used to support the Project X case study. Information required for the case study is obtained through interviews with Project X affiliated development personnel. Interview results are analyzed and interpreted through a comparison with information found in the background literature. Results of the case study identify several problems with management's plan to implement the three development requirements into Project X. The thesis identifies specific root causes for the implementation problems, and makes recommendations to reduce the impact of these problems on Project X and other present and future DoD software development projects.
Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
The Ada programming language was created by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) nearly two decades ago to provide a general-purpose programming language for defense and commercial use, but has evolved into a niche solution for safety-critical systems, primarily in defense applications. Ada and Beyond presents an approach for the DOD to move beyond the debate over its policy that requires the use of Ada for all new software development. It describes the importance of the software engineering process and recommends to DOD mechanisms for more effective review of software development and improved collection of data on software project outcomes. The volume also analyzes the technical, empirical, and business cases for using Ada and other programming languages, makes recommendations regarding the appropriate conditions under which DOD should continue to require the use of Ada, and details activities that require funding by DOD in order for Ada to remain a viable programming language.
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This Concise Encyclopedia of Software Engineering is intended to provide compact coverage of the knowledge relevant to the practicing software engineer. The content has been chosen to provide an introduction to the theory and techniques relevant to the software of a broad class of computer applications. It is supported by examples of particular applications and their enabling technologies. This Encyclopedia will be of value to new practitioners who need a concise overview and established practitioners who need to read about the "penumbra" surrounding their own specialities. It will also be useful to professionals from other disciplines who need to gain some understanding of the various aspects of software engineering which underpin complex information and control systems, and the thinking behind them.