A Productivity Enhancement Study for the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command.

Abstract

A productivity enhancement study for the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command (ISEC) is described. Recommendations for improvement and recommendations for further study are provided. ISEC has an important mission with regard to managing the Army's information resources. ISEC is tasked with developing and maintaining the Standard Army Multi-Command Management Information Systems (STAMMIS). Because of resource constraints and increased mission requirements, it is essential that ISEC increase productivity to meet the information needs of the Army Specifically, this thesis: (1) evaluates the traditional software life cycle in contrast with prototyping and evolutionary development; (2) discusses project management issues; (3) explains the need for integrated software tools; (4) discusses human factors in the software development process; and (3) proposes a system for capturing and measuring productivity. Keywords: Productivity, Improvement program, Software development, Software maintenance, Software tools, Software development environment, Prototyping, Evolutionary development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA162490

Entities

People

  • Timothy F. Robertson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Resource Management
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Software Metrics
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Software Engineering.