SEIC News, Dec., 6, 1996

SEIC News, Dec., 6, 1996

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Software Engineering News Brief
Week Ending:  December 6, 1996

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ADA MENTOR 95 NOW AVAILABLE
Topic:  Ada

AdaSoft, Inc. officially released AdaMentor 95 on November, 21, 1996.  
AdaMentor 95 is a Web-based education/training course.  AdaMentor 95 
utilizes the Internet as a virtual classroom environment for a 
comprehensive, introductory level course on the recently revised Ada 95 
programming language.  Students are provided direct access to a 
validated Ada 95 compiler.  AdaMentor 95 is available via the Internet at 
<http://home.adasoft.com>.

AdaMentor 95 was developed by AdaSoft, Inc., under the Ada Technology 
Insertion Program-Partnerships (ATIP-P), a 1996 program of the Ada Joint 
Program Office (AJPO) which provides partial funding of industry-initiated 
products designed to accelerate the use of Ada 95.

For more information, contact:  Kathy Floam, AdaSoft, Inc., 8750-9 Cherry 
Lane, Laurel, MD 20707-6208, tel. 410/216-9447, fax. 410/216-9320, 
<http://home.adasoft.com>.

SOURCE:  Floam, Kathy.  AdaSoft, Inc., Press Release, Nov., 21, 1996.

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THE REUSE-DRIVEN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING BUSINESS
Topic: Reuse

According to Martin Griss in the latest issue of Object Magazine, effective 
systematic software reuse requires a coherent approach to structuring 
architecture, process, and organization.  The author, along with Ivar 
Jacobson, has proposed a coherent approach entitled "Reuse-Driven 
Software Engineering Business" (RSEB).  An RSEB is a software development 
organization that has been explicitly structured to employ systematic 
reuse as a key business strategy.

The RESB develops architectural constructs for families of related 
applications built from reusable components and defines several incremental, 
iterative software reuse processes.  The RESB also provides an organization 
model for the creation of the architecture and component systems by one 
or more teams, and their reuse by other teams.

The RESB reinforces the importance of a well-planned object-oriented 
software-engineering process.

SOURCE:  Griss, Martin L.  "The Reuse-Driven Software Engineering 
Business," Object Magazine, December, 1996 6(10), pp. 67-70.

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