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=0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_PCNT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f43e6,eb954e06e989d072,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,eb954e06e989d072,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,eb954e06e989d072,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,eb954e06e989d072,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,eb954e06e989d072,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public From: seic@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (SEIC) Subject: Software Engineering News Briefs - W/E May 5, 1997 Date: 1997/05/02 Message-ID: <5kdebs$c6q@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us> X-Deja-AN: 239007234 Organization: Software Engineering Information Center Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.sw.components,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.edu Date: 1997-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Software Engineering News Briefs Week Ending: May 2, 1997 ***************************************************************** DII COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE OPENS Topic: DII The Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) Computer Systems Engineering Information Clearinghouse (CSEIC) is now officially open for business. Sponsored by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) DII Center for Computer Systems Engineering (CFCSE), the DII CSEIC provides effective software engineering information and products for the DII technologies developed and maintained by the CFCSE. Currently on the DII CSEIC WWW page, , one may browse through information about the DII Community, Guidelines, Products & Tools, News & Events, and more. You may contact the DII CSEIC with your comments and questions at the following: DII CSEIC PO Box 1866 Falls Church, VA 22041 DSN: 761-2471; TEL: 800/738-7379 or 703/681-2471 FAX: 703/681-2869 mailto:dii@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us SOURCE: DII CFCSE ************************************************* ADA DRIVES COMMERCIAL REUSE Topic: Ada, Reuse Commercial avionics designers historically have seen limited utility for reuse. That all changed when Boeing required Ada in the new 777 airliner. Boeing officials acknowledged that using Ada would facilitate sound software engineering practices. The unmitigated success of the 777, and the extensive use of Ada, has led to the reuse of much of the 79 different subsystems found in the 777. Two recent examples of reusing the 777 Ada code can be found in the Gulfstream V business jet and the US Army Boeing/Sikorsky RAY-66 Comanche helicopter. Engineers on both projects were able to integrate a library of common generic packages written in Ada for the Boeing 777. SOURCE: Mayer, John, "Ada, incentives drive commercial reuse," Military & Aerospace Electronics, April 1997, v4, n8, p20. ************************************************** SWEDISH REAP PAYBACKS IN SOFTWARE REUSE AND ADA Topic: Ada, Reuse Software Engineers of CelsiusTech Systems of Jarfalla, Sweden, are combining the benefits of reuse and Ada on the Swedish air force Stridslednings-central - Combat Control Center (STRIC). The STRIC manages fighter-interceptor control, and contains Ada code in its latest rendition. Developers have reported 80% of the base application framework and the man-machine interface could be reused for STRIC from the original Ship Systems 2000 system architecture (SS2000). Officials credit the high degree of portability to far-sighted architectural planning and to an effort to minimize code revisions. SOURCE: Mayer, John, "Swedish reap paybacks in software reuse projects," Military & Aerospace Electronics, April 1997, v8, n4, p9. ************************************************************* REUSE GAINS MOMENTUM Topic: Ada, Reuse Architecture-centric approaches are bringing new credibility to software reuse as companies and government agencies grapple with reconciling technology and business issues. First pushed by the DoD's Software Reuse Initiative back in 1991, architecture-centric reuse has enjoyed technical successes such as the Navy's T-34C instrument simulator, the Army's Emitter Location Processing and Analysis (ELPA) subsystem, and the Air Force's combined Ada and reuse success, the Automated Tracking and Monitoring Systems (ATAMS). While there are business and proprietary issues that must still be resolved, John Mayer reports that DoD-supported technical successes serve as a promising sign that institutionalized reuse is finally taking hold. SOURCE: Mayer, John, "Reuse gain momentum in software engineering," Military & Aerospace Electronics, April 1997, v8, n4, pp17-21. *********************************************************************** NEW SOFTWARE REUSE BOOK ANNOUNCED Topic: Reuse In "Software Reuse: Architecture, Process and Organization for Business Success," a new book co-written by Ivar Jacobson, Martin Griss and Patrik Jonsson, the authors seek to: -introduce the concept of software reuse as a business success enabler; -describe how the right architecture allows applications and components to evolve gracefully; -provide guidelines for implementing software engineering processes; -advise on organizational issues such as the structure, transition, day-to-day management, economics and measurement. Whether you are familiar with the concepts of reuse, component-based software engineering, object oriented technology and business engineering or not, this new work should prove extremely helpful. Pages : 512 Classification : Object Oriented Programming Publication Date : 1997 (est. June) ISBN : 0 201 92476 5 SOURCE: Addison Wesley Longman, http://www.awl-he.com/. ************************************************************* The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Software Engineering Information Center (SEIC) "Software Engineering News Brief" is a compilation of summaries from software engineering-related articles in trade magazines, newsletters and press releases. The DISA SEIC welcomes suggestions for and pointers to software engineering-related articles. Contact the DISA SEIC at: mailto:info@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us To subscribe to the "Software Engineering News Brief" electronic mailing list, send a message to: mailto:listproc@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us In the body of the message, write: subscribe newslist To unsubscribe, write: unsubscribe newslist No signatures please.