PRISM Product Examination Process for component based development

Author

Lichota, Randall W. ; Vesprini, Robert L. ; Swanson, Bruce

Author_Institution

Hughes Inf. Technol. Syst., USA

fYear

1997

fDate

2-5 Jun 1997

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

69

Abstract

The Portable, Reusable, Integrated Software Modules (PRISM) Program was initiated by the Air Force ESC Software Center (ESC/AXS) to eliminate long procurement cycles and large expenses involved in the custom development of one-of-a-kind command centers. This program has defined a generic component architecture and a process for selecting and integrating software products as components of this architecture. The process is based on user prototyping and involves identifying, evaluating, preparing and maintaining reusable software components that adhere to industry standards. This approach in combination with emerging distributed object-based technologies represents a key advance in the utilization of software components

Keywords

command and control systems; integrated software; military computing; military systems; software maintenance; software portability; software prototyping; software reusability; software selection; software standards; testing; Air Force ESC Software Center; PRISM Product Examination Process; Portable Reusable Integrated Software Modules Program; command center custom development; component based development; distributed object-based technologies; generic component architecture; industry standards; reusable software component evaluation; reusable software component identification; reusable software component maintenance; reusable software component preparation; software product integration; software product selection; user prototyping; Availability; Component architectures; Computer architecture; Costs; Fault tolerance; Information technology; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Software reusability; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Assessment of Software Tools and Technologies, 1997., Proceedings Fifth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7940-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AST.1997.599912

Filename

599912