Understanding the Adoption of Ada: Results of an Industry Survey

Abstract

In 1983, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) established a policy requiring the use of a new programming language, Ada, for the development of all new Mission-Critical Computer Resource (MCCR) software that it purchases. Firms that supply the DoD with these systems have show considerable variation in their decisions to incorporate this new technology into their products and production processes. This survey is part of a multi-stage research project that sought to understand the variability in firms' adoption and use of new information technologies. The present report is a follow-up and elaboration on a case study of the adoption of Ada which is described in CMU/SEI-89-TR-28, Understanding the Adoption of Ada: A Field Study Report. Participants in the survey were 123 business and technical people form 69 business units that supply the DoD with the MCCR software systems and services. The survey explored factors pertaining to respondents' technical and market environments in an attempt to describe depth of adoption and to describe the differences between the firms with active Ada contracts and those without the active contracts. For firms that have adopted Ada the report describes aspects of the language and tools that are considered most useful in different application areas. (Author) (kr)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA226725

Entities

People

  • Gordon N. Smith
  • Marthena Carlson

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Software Verification and Validation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design