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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,bb48f30fb74b1820,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,bb48f30fb74b1820,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,bb48f30fb74b1820,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bb48f30fb74b1820,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,bb48f30fb74b1820,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: cseic@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (CSEIC) Subject: CFCSEIC NEWS BRIEFS W/E 9 JAN 1998 Date: 1998/01/09 Message-ID: <6963b6$scj@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 314431863 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Organization: Computer Systems Engineering Information Clearinghouse Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.sw.components,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.edu Date: 1998-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Center for Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs Week Ending: January 9, 1998 ***************************************************************** CONTENTS: YEAR 2000 SURVIVAL IS TOP PRIORITY FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES ANNOUNCING THE 10th ANNUAL SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE VISUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT OF SOURCE CODE ***************************************************************** YEAR 2000 SURVIVAL IS TOP PRIORITY FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES Topic: Y2K Is survival of the millennium the focus of your agency's Y2K compliance program? If not, it should be. It's too late to concentrate on overall compliance of your information technology enterprise. The congressional Year 2000 report card for agencies reveals a situation where most agencies will not be fully compliant by 2000. Therefore, CIOs must focus on ridding Millennium "bugs" from "mission-essential" systems, while placing systems that do not directly affect the agency's core mission on the back-burner. This survival strategy should contain the following strategic points: + Mission-critical prioritization of all enterprise systems. + Constant re-application of "triage" to ensure survivability. + Use of risk management principles. + Contingency planning. SOURCE: Todd Kersh, "Year 2000 survival is No. 1 priority for federal agencies", Federal Computer Week, Jan. 5, 1998, v12, n1, p. 17, http://www.fcw.com. ************************************************************************* ANNOUNCING THE 10th ANNUAL SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE April 19 to April 23,1998 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, Utah. Co-Sponsored by: United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), & Utah State University Extension For more information, including registration procedures, contact: http://www.stc98.org -or- Utah State University at 435/801-797-0787 Featuring: Over 300 Technology Exhibits 14 half-day tutorials, 10 concurrent presentation tracks Additional Tracks including IEEE/EIA, SPMN, SEI, JAWS, DII, and more. Birds-of-a-Feather Luncheons SOURCE: STC Conference Administration Voice: 801/435-797-0787 5045 University Blvd Fax: 801/435-797-0861 Logan UT 84321-5045 stcadmin@conted1.usu.edu http://www.stc98.org ******************************************************************** VISUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT OF SOURCE CODE Topic: Software Engineering, Ada In the December issue of "CrossTalk", the GRASP (Graphical Representations of Algorithms, Structures, and Processes) project is discussed. The GRASP project, which has successfully prototyped a new algorithmic-level graphical representation for software the control structure diagram (CSD)is currently focused on the generation of a new fine-grained complexity metric called the complexity profile graph (CPG). The primary impetus for creation and refinement of the CSD and the CPG is to improve the comprehension efficiency of software and, as a result, improve reliability and reduce costs. The current GRASP release provides automatic CSD generation for Ada 95, C, C++, Java, and Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) source code, and CPG generation for Ada 95 source code. The examples and discussion in this article are based on using GRASP with Ada 95. SOURCE: Cross, Chang, Hendrix, Chapman, & McQuaid, "Visualization and Measurement of Source Code", CrossTalk, December 1997, v10, n12, pp. 16-19. http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/Crosstalk/crostalk.html **************************************************************************** The DISA CFCSEIC welcomes suggestions for and pointers to software engineering-related articles. 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