Ada Research - Participant Request

Ada Research - Participant Request

[Al Lively]

Let me introduce myself. I am Al Lively, a doctorial student at Northcentral 
University, an accredited, web-based, educational institution, offering a 
variety of academic programs for learners around the world.



This is a request for participation in doctorial research that will explore 
employees' perceptions of how the Ada programming language contributes to 
their organization's software quality.



The software crisis has plagued industrialized nations for decades and 
continues at an accelerated rate. Societies' successes in mitigating the 
effects of poor software quality have been elusive.



My hypothesis is that the Ada programming language provides features that 
directly, or indirectly, contribute to the development of quality software 
applications. To test this hypothesis, and if found true, to determine how 
the language's features are used to contribute to software quality, I need 
the participation of an organization that develops software applications 
using the Ada programming language. Participation in the research will be 
minimal, but the researcher will need to interview the IT manager (CIO), 
software project managers, Ada software developers, and, if available, 
software quality assurance specialists. Since a doctorial student with 
limited economic means will conduct this research, compensation cannot be 
offered to participants.



I have followed the progress of the Ada programming language for decades, 
and have noted many claims of the language's quality. My objective is to 
conduct a descriptive, qualitative study that will determine if, and if so, 
how, the Ada programming language contributed to one organization's software 
quality experiences.



For business applications that require quality software to drive important, 
or critical, business functions, this study is expected to provide executive 
and technical leaders with a rich description of the Ada language features 
that contribute to software quality, thereby offering decision makers a more 
informed basis for their programming language selections. Society can ill 
afford to continue its reliance on poor software products, especially where 
safety, security, and continued business existence depends so much of the 
reliable, correct functioning of today's software applications.



To accomplish this important research, your participation is needed. Your 
organization has the opportunity to participate in a worthwhile pursuit and 
describe your experiences (good and bad) with the Ada programming language. 
Please help.



To discuss participating in this research, please contact me at 
jameslively@comcast.net or call (770) 488-8541 or (404) 606-7915. Also, 
please feel free to forward this request to any individual(s) or 
organization that may be interested in participating.



Thanks,



Al Lively, CISA, CISSP, IAM

Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Information Security

Northcentral University