Thoughts on Establishing Guidelines and Rationale for Workshop Output.

摘要

A simple extrapolation past trends suggests a considerable future expansion of the use of computers in the Department of Defense, both in military systems and in base and support operations. Any R and D program to increase software reliability must recognize this dynamic nature of the software problem and be directed at levels of complexity anticipated five years (plus) into the future. It must also recognize that software exists across all services and that solutions should be directed simultaneously at Tri-Service problems. A necessary first step in formulating programs to achieve software reliability is to have a clear understanding of what the fundamental current and anticipated problems are. They certainly run the gamut from organizational structure and software management techniques to software technology and are sometimes difficult to distinguish from symptoms.