From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_FROM,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,71ababb7726585b6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:35:08 -0500 From: "Al Lively" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Ada Research - Participant Request Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:35:06 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Message-ID: <45udnYk5mMsBna_VnZ2dnUVZ_oHinZ2d@comcast.com> X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.97.215.197 X-Trace: sv3-xA8Q1txxcc/G4WdxN8PzH7dw1H/manbFI7aK+qrpPJ+bTsHKszborvUUJJftUOVThLCByK3I6x+kwqh!qlxypASJCsJRK2HIwDhxrOuMl0BeZds877xzddu95XicQAUfkpQP2+TUFHevAOEeHOAhFX/YtHGs!HqTPkVm/uUxa5ttlyBUGPhhbcCjKEg== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:261 Date: 2008-05-19T18:35:06-04:00 List-Id: 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