Assistant for Specifying Quality Software (ASQS) Mission Area Analysis

Abstract

This report documents the Mission Area Analysis (MAA) conducted to identify mission and system characteristics that impact software quality. Characteristics were used to develop a set of rules that link characteristics to quality factors or characteristics to characteristics. This analysis did not determine what the actual software quality requirements are for the systems reviewed. This determination is made during a consultation with the Assistant for Specifying Quality Software (ASQS). The main objectives of the MAA were to: (1) develop mission profiles for the five Air Communications (C3); and Force- Mission Management; (2) determine what software quality factors are impacted by the respective missions; and (3) create rules and questions for use in ASQS. The MAA tried, with limited success, to move the Software Quality Framework from the theoretical to general practice by creating processes for determining software quality goals and placing them into an expert system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA231402

Entities

People

  • Douglas Schaus

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • Software Design
  • Spacecraft
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Naval Personnel Management

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control