Title :
The software technology support center: help for acquiring software tools
Author :
Scheffler, Frederic L. ; Marshall, Robert R.
Author_Institution :
SofTech Inc., Fairborn, OH, USA
Abstract :
The Software Technology Support Center (STSC) is the Air Force focal point for advocating, sustaining, and disseminating software tools and environments and information about them. The STSC categorizes these tools by primary function and evaluates them by various criteria. The STSC has developed a software tool evaluation model (STEM) which serves as a model of an ideal tool. The STEM represents an ideal standard against which tools can be measured in terms of functionality and performance. The STSC is identifying tools within various categories and evaluating them systematically. The evaluation results and tool descriptions are maintained in a database which then serves as a basis for providing guidance to organizations interested in obtaining tools for their embedded software development/maintenance needs. In addition to its tool evaluation function, the STSC provides technical consultation, sponsors an annual STSC conference in April, and provides current awareness to users through its periodic CrossTalk technical reports
Keywords :
aerospace computing; database management systems; military computing; performance evaluation; software maintenance; software tools; Air Force; CrossTalk technical reports; current awareness; database; functionality; performance evaluation; programming environments; software development/maintenance; software technology support center; software tool evaluation model; sponsors; standard; Automotive engineering; Computer industry; Government; Hardware; Power engineering computing; Programming; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Software reusability; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1991. NAECON 1991., Proceedings of the IEEE 1991 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0085-8
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1991.165819
