Incremental Software Test Approach for DoD-STD-2167A Projects

Abstract

One of the key challenges for large Ada software projects is to define and execute an efficient, cost effective, bounded test program that results in a quality product that meets all customer software requirements. This is particularly challenging in the current climate of Government fixed price contracts. The Command Center Processing and Display System Replacement (CCPDS- R) project is being developed entirely in Ada by TRW for the U.S. Air Force on a fixed price basis. To mitigate downstream test risks, TRW has defined an incremental test approach that satisfies TRW and Government objectives for informal development/integration testing and for formal requirements verification. Features of Ada are employed to create a software architecture that supports an incremental test philosophy and contributes to reduced integration effort and risk. The resulting test approach conforms to DOD-STD-2167A standards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA243023

Entities

People

  • Michael Springman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Compilers
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Configuration Management
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Debugging
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Reliability
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Software Engineering.
  • Software Verification and Validation.