Title :
The automated software development project at McDonnell Aircraft Company (the Software Factory)
Author :
Thoreson, Sharilyn A.
Author_Institution :
McDonnell Aircraft Co., St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
The author describes a software engineering environment, the Software Factory, designed specifically for McDonnell Aircraft Company´s (MAC´s) advanced aircraft projects which must satisfy new requirements for documentation, implementation language, embedded processors, and distributed onboard architectures. The Software Factory is increasing the quality of MAC´s avionic software and is increasing the productivity of MAC´s avionic software engineers by providing state-of-the-art software development technologies, promoting the use of advanced methodologies, and allowing software managers to understand and control the process through the use of configuration management. The major functional characteristics of the Software Factory, including tools specifically addressing testing and quality assurance, are described
Keywords :
aerospace computing; automatic programming; program testing; programming environments; quality control; software reliability; McDonnell Aircraft Company; Software Factory; automated software development project; avionic software; configuration management; distributed onboard architectures; documentation; embedded processors; implementation language; quality assurance; software engineering environment; software quality; testing; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft propulsion; Engineering management; Production facilities; Programming; Quality management; Software development management; Software engineering; Software quality; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1989. NAECON 1989., Proceedings of the IEEE 1989 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1989.40425
