The Feasibility of Obtaining Software Research Data at the U.S. Army Computer Systems Command.

Abstract

It is possible for a relatively small cost in personnel time to obtain data for software engineering and computer science research as a by-product of existing USACSC reporting practices. These data when manipulated by automated systems which already exist can provide many of the data elements describing the computer systems built at the Command, the resources required to complete them, and the development and maintenance environment. These three aspects of the software development process are the principal components of any research data structure. Software product data, which include measures of size, type, and complexity are best obtained from the programs themselves. This can be accomplished by making copies of released systems. Reliability data can be obtained from a modified Incident Report. In both cases, however, and to obtain data describing the system documentation, it will be necessary to use supplementary data collection instruments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1980
Accession Number
ADA107883

Entities

People

  • Robert Thibodeau

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Information Systems
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Work Measurement

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Software Engineering.