ADA and Software Management in NASA: Assessment and Recommendations

By National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Recent NASA missions have required software systems that are larger, more complex, and more critical than NASA software systems of the past. The Ada programming language and the software methods and support environments associated with it are seen as potential breakthroughs in meeting NASA's software requirements. The findings of a study by the Ada and Software Management Assessment Working Group (ASMAWG) are presented. The study was chartered to perform three tasks: (1) assess the agency's ongoing and planned Ada activities; (2) assess the infrastructure (standards, policies, and internal organizations) supporting software management and the Ada activities; and (3) present an Ada implementation and use strategy appropriate for NASA over the next 5 years. Goddard Space Flight Center...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1730770355
• ISBN13: 9781730770357
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"