• DocumentCode
    1446698
  • Title

    From Art Form to Engineering Discipline? A History of US Military Software Development Standards, 1974–1998

  • Author

    McDonald, Christopher

  • Author_Institution
    Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    47
  • Abstract
    From the 1970s to 1990s, the US Department of Defense attempted to enforce software standards on its computer and aerospace contractors. Many software developers resented this and believed it encroached on their freedom to exercise professional judgment. Although the contractors oriented much of their software production toward military needs, the effort´s ultimate failure showed the limits of the DoD´s control.
  • Keywords
    military computing; software engineering; software standards; DoD control; US Department of Defense; US military software development standard; aerospace contractor; engineering discipline; professional judgment; software production; Aerospace industry; Art; Computer industry; Defense industry; Electrical equipment industry; History; Military standards; Programming; Software standards; Standards development; DOD-STD-2167; History of computing; MIL-STD-1679; US Department of Defense; requirements/specifications; software engineering; software standards;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2009.58
  • Filename
    5255183
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1446698