Scaling up : a research agenda for software engineering / Computer Science and Technology Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Resources, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.) Computer Science and Technology Board., Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Software engineering--Research.

Software engineering.

Computer software--Development.

Computer software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (100 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Large and growing opportunity costs are resulting from the inability to produce sophisticated, reliable software in a timely manner. Software engineering presents stubborn problems, but in this book, a group of experts suggest several constructive directions for research. Together, they support the need for greater interaction between researchers and practitioners and more aggressive efforts to share and reuse software engineering knowledge.

Contents:

Scaling Up: A Research Agenda For Software Engineering

Copyright

Preface

Contents

1 Introduction and Summary

AGENDA FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING RESEARCH

Directions for Change

Specific Short-and Long-Term Actions

Perspective

Portray the Software Development Process More Realistically

Study and Preserve Software Artifacts

Develop Unifying Models and Strengthen Mathematical and Scientific Foundations

Engineering Practice

Codify and Disseminate Software Engineering Knowledge

Nurture Collaboration Among System Developers and Between Developers and Users

Research Modes

Foster Practitioner and Researcher Interaction and Legitimize Academic Exploration of Large Software ...

Glean Insights from Behavioral and Managerial Science

Develop New Research Paradigms

ORGANIZATION AND CONTENT OF THIS REPORT

2 Perspective

SHORT-TERM ACTIONS

Portray Systems Realistically

View Systems as Systems, not as Collections of Parts

Recognize Change as Intrinsic in Large Systems

Study and Preserve Software Artifacts: Learn From Real Systems Past and Present

LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Build a Unifying Model for Software System Development

Useful Outcomes

Research Implications

Strengthen the Mathematical and Scientific Foundations of Software Engineering

NOTES

3 Engineering Practice

Codify Software Engineering Knowledge for Dissemination and Reuse

Develop Software Engineering Handbooks

Automate Handbook Knowledge

4 Research Modes

SHORT-TERM ACTION: FOSTER PRACTITIONER AND RESEARCHER INTERACTIONS

Legitimize Academic Exploration of Large Software Systems

Glean Insights from Behavioral and Managerial Sciences.

Develop Additional Directions and Paradigms for Software Engineering Research

5 Conclusions

Bibliography

Appendixes

Appendix A Workshop Participants

Staff

Appendix B Position Statements

Frances E. Allen

David R. Barstow

Laszlo A. Belady

Worst Problem-Possible Solution

Industry/National Problem

Larry Bernstein

Worst Problem Facing Me in Software Productivity

Worst Problems Facing the Country in Software Productivity

Recommendation

On Design for Testability

On Certifying Quality

Richard B. Butler and Thomas A. Corbi

Program Understanding: Challenge for the 1990's

Abstract

Maturing Complex Systems

Approaches to Maturing Complex Systems

Understanding Programs: a Key Activity

Learning to Understand Programs

Directions

References

Japan: Nationally Coordinated R&amp

D for the Information Industry

MITI Goal Setting

Reducing to Practice Developments in the West

Computer Science Literacy

Susan L. Gerhart

Complexity, Multiple Paradigms, and Analysis

Observations on Complex Systems

My Worst Problems with Software

National Problems

Software Engineering Education and Training

More Computational Support for Software Production

Proposal: National Network-based Analysis Game

Barry M. Horowitz

Bruce B. Johnson

The Problem of Design

The Problems of Reuse and Integration

Anita Jones

Harlan D. Mills

Benefits of Rigorous Methods of Software Engineering in DoD Software Acquisitions

Appendix New Understandings in Software Testing The Power of Usage Testing over Coverage Testing

John B. Munson

Worst Problems with Current Software Production?

Most Critical Industrial/National Issue

Other Issues

Douglas T. Ross.

Understanding The Key to Software

Conclusion

Plex

The Methodology

Modeling Anything

Scope and Relevance of Plex

Appendix: The meaning of any word

Winston Royce

Mary Shaw

Maybe Your Next Programming Language Shouldn't Be a Programming Language

Software Needs Now Strain the Limits of Traditional Programming Languages

Modern Application Needs Are Not Satisfied by Traditional Programming Languages

Programming Languages Evolved in Response to Systems Programming Needs

Current Research Activity Focuses on Incremental Improvements, Not on Major Changes

Non-Programmers Dominate Modern Computer Use

Low Computing Costs Have Enabled a Wide Spectrum of Applications

Even Users Who Are Not Programmers Need to Control Their Own Computations

Order-of-Magnitude Increases in Service Require Substantial Shifts of Technology

Computer Users Are Interested in Results, Not in Programming

Software Must Reflect This

Requirements for Large Complex Software Systems Exceed Production Ability

Growth of Demand Is Greater Than Growth of Capacity

System Requirements Exceed the Scope of Conventional Programming Languages

Software Lacks a True Engineering Base

Language Concepts Can Support a Design Level Above the Algorithm/Data Structure Level

Programming Language Designers Must Look Beyond Traditional Areas

The Bottom Line

Acknowledgments

Charles Simonyi

My Worst Problem with Current Software Production

The Nation's Most Critical Problem with Current Software Production

William A. Wulf

The Worst Problem

The Basic Problem

What Should We Do?

Andres G. Zellweger

Introduction

My Most Serious Problem with Software Development

The Industry and Nation's Most Critical Problem with Software Production Today

Arthur I. Zygielbaum.

My Worst Problems with Software

Industry and National Problems with Software.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-27).

Contains:

Research agenda for software engineering.

ISBN:

9786610214105

9781280214103

1280214104

9780309582230

0309582237

9780585149042

0585149046

OCLC:

614670066