National Software Capacity: Near-Term Study Executive Summary
Abstract
Our assessment is that the United States has a serious software capacity problem that may worsen substantially unless action is taken on several fronts. This report provides an initial overall assessment of the nation's capacity to produce military software, with a focus on mission-critical software. National capacity is dependent upon and impacted by other software development and PDSS that is occurring in the non-DoD commercial and government sectors. In a survey of senior executives from corporations and government, 88% indicate that the nation will have a serious capacity problem in being able to produce mission-critical software over the next five years. Moreover, of those who expect a problem, the severity of the problem was ranked at 4 on a scale of 1 to 5, where 3 = serious and 5 = very serious. Both the degree of consensus and the level of criticality indicate that the United States is facing a serious software capacity problem.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA227564
Entities
People
- Jane A. Siegel
- Patrick D. Larkey
- Shelby Stewman
- Suresh Konda
- W. G. Wagner
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University