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Ada News Brief
Week Ending: February 16, 1996
USE OF Ada IN MAJOR AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEM PROGRAMS
TO BE REPORTED BY PROGRAM MANAGERS
Beginning with the Fiscal Year 1996, Second Quarter, Major
Automated Information System (MAIS) Status Report, program
managers will provide information on key program and
software development measures that support their program
management process, this according to a memorandum from
Anthony M. Valletta, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense,
dated January 5, 1996. One of the six measures to be
addressed is, �Technical Adequacy - regarding software
reuse, use of Ada for software development, and use of
approved standard data elements.� Other measures to be
addressed are Schedule and Progress, Growth and Stability,
Funding and Personal Resources, Product Quality, and
Software Development Performance.
SOURCE:
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Memorandum.
Anthony M. Valletta, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense,
C3I Acquisition. January 5, 1996
Ada COURSES DEVELOPED UNDER DISA GRANT ARE SUCCESSFUL
An Ada course sequence was offered for the first time at the
University of Illinois in Chicago and proved successful with
both students and instructors. The two-semester course
sequence was sponsored under DISA grant DCA100-94-0006 and
included �Introduction to Software Engineering� and �Testing
and Verification of Real-Time Software.� The Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science reported that
Ada�s emphasis on reliability is especially well-suited to
software engineering classes because the goal of these
classes is to teach methodologies and tools for the
production of high-quality software.
The Defense Information Systems Agency, Center for
Information Management(DISA/CIM) and the Defense Automation
Resources Information Center (DARIC) Educational
Institutions Partnership Program offer a program intended to
help United States post-secondary educational institutions
advance their capability to provide a highly qualified
software engineering work force into the 21st century. Of
particular interest is the development of curricula, courses
and course materials that focus on the effective use of the
Ada programming language in traditional computer science,
business, engineering, information management and related
curricula, or programs that emphasize the use of the
features of Ada 95 to encourage better software engineering
and software reuse. For more information on grants offered
by DISA, contact the AdaIC at 1-800/232-4211 or view
information from the AdaIC�s WWW site at http://sw-
eng.falls-church.va.us/AdaIC/ed-train/baa-fy95.htm.
SOURCE:
Ugo Buy, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851
South Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607.
and
Ada Information Clearinghouse, Ada Joint Program Office.
Ada FACTORS DISCUSSED IN THE USE OF COTS SOFTWARE
At the Software Productivity Consortium�s third annual
Executive Round Table, senior executives from the
Consortium�s membership, including the Honorable Gil F.
Decker, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research,
Development and Acquisition and Lieutenant General Albert J.
Edmonds, Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency
(DISA), discussed their views on the acquisition and use of
commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software.
Among the critical issues discussed in the use of COTS
software was the need for government acquisition procedures
to allow evaluation of the best combination of COTS and Ada
software in system procurement. Another issue discussed was
the need to evaluate development costs and maintenance and
support costs of COTS. Long-term COTS supportability costs
have yet to be fully analyzed whereas Ada promises a 35%
reduction in longer-term maintenance costs.
For a copy of the proceedings of the 3rd Annual Executive
Round Table, please contact the Consortium Clearinghouse at
703/742-7211, or send an e-mail to �ask-spc@software.org�.
SOURCE:
�Decker, Edmonds discuss COTS software issues with Executive
Round Table participants,� Software Productivity
Consortium Quarterly. December 1995: 6-7.
Ada AND REUSE INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE WEB PAGES RECEIVE
�TOP 5% OF THE WEB� AWARD
The Software Engineering WWW site, home page for both the
Ada and Reuse Information Clearinghouses, has received
Point�s �Top 5% of the Web� award. Sites are chosen based
upon their content, presentation, and experience (Is this
fun? Is it worth the time? Does this site deliver the
goods?). We are happy to say that the Software Engineering
site ranked high in all of these categories. Find out for
yourself ... visit us at http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us!
SOURCE:
Ada Information Clearinghouse
The AdaIC�s �Ada News Brief� is a compilation of summaries from Ada-
related articles in trade magazines, newsletters and press releases. The
AdaIC welcomes suggestions for and pointers to Ada-related articles.
Contact the AdaIC at:
Ada Information Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 1866
Falls-Church, VA 22041
1-800/232-4211 or 703/681-2466
adainfo@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us
http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us
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