A Strategic Defense Initiative Organization Software Testing Initiative

Abstract

This paper provides a top-level description of an initiative designed to develop critically needed software testing capabilities prior to a Strategic Defense System (SDS) Milestone II decision. It identifies several SDI software testing requirements and examines the state of the art and practice in this field. Deficiencies were found between needed Strategic Defense System (SDS) capabilities and the expected available technology. Aspects of SDS software testing that should be addressed are described, including the ability to assure the correctness of SDS software, the types of software to be tested, and the ability to perform required testing within cost and schedule constraints. The document contains several detailed example project descriptions, and provides a brief overview of the software testing technology horizon.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA239262

Entities

People

  • Bill R. Brykczynski
  • Christine Youngblut
  • Reginald N. Meeson

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Debugging
  • Defense Systems
  • High Level Languages
  • Information Processing
  • Programming Languages
  • Reliability
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Software Testing
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Engineering.