The Assistant for Specifying the Quality Software (ASQS) User's Manual. Volume 2

Abstract

The ASOS, (The Assistant for Specifying the Quality of Software) a knowledge base software tool, assists software acquisition managers which specify software quality requirements. In the consultation mode, questions are presented to the acquisition manager in terms related to the mission area of interest. Answers are transformed by ASQS into tailored quantitative quality goals based on the thirteen software quality factors of RADC software quality framework. The current version supports the Intelligence and Satellite mission areas. ASQS serves the purpose of transitioning the software quality specification methodology found in the RADC final report RADC-TR-85-37, Vol II (of three), Specification of Software Quality Attributes - Software Quality Specification Guidebook, into use in the DOD acquisition process. In so doing, it reduces the amount of time and the expertise required to specify meaningful software quality goals. It bridges the gap between software quality concepts and terminology and the system needs and terminology understood by the acquisition manager. (Author) (kr)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA227894

Entities

People

  • Larry Kahn
  • Steve Keller

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Birds
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Expert Systems
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Guided Weapons
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Software Development

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  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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  • Computer Science.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Space