National Software Capacity: Near-Term Study

Abstract

This study provides an initial assessment of the U.S.'s industrial capacity to produce MCCR software. A Survey of senior government and industry people showed that 90 percent of them expected a serious problem with the nation's capacity to produce military software over the next 5 years. They ranked acquisition and labor factors as contributing most to the failure of military system development contracts to meet schedule or costs. The study team also analyzed available data about the supply of labor (new graduates and experienced scientists and engineers) and three aspects of demand (Ada systems, PDSS, and related commercial applications) before concluding there is a serious capacity problem. The report describes, organizational, and technological issues affecting software production capacity and concludes with some preliminary recommendations for DoD and industry initiatives. (Author) (kr)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA226694

Entities

People

  • Jane A. Siegel
  • Patrick D. Larkey
  • Shelby Stewman
  • Suresh Konda
  • W. G. Wagner

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Information Science
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Scientists
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • System Software
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Software Engineering.