Software configuration management issues in the maintenance of Ada software systems

Author

Reedy, A. ; Stephenson, D. ; Dudar, E. ; Blumberg, F.C.

Author_Institution

Planning Res. Corp., McLean, VA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

16-19 Oct 1989

Firstpage

234

Lastpage

245

Abstract

The use of the Ada language has both benefits and drawbacks from the software configuration management (SCM) viewpoint. It is pointed out that the current focus on Ada compiler libraries as the main SCM support mechanism draws attention away from important life-cycle SCM issues. A life-cycle approach to SCM that specifically addresses both the chronic SCM issues encountered in a maintenance and the newer SCM issues raised by the advent of Ada is presented. This approach has been implemented in an automated software engineering framework and is being used for the development, upgrading and maintenance of an Ada software system

Keywords

Ada; program compilers; software engineering; Ada compiler libraries; Ada language; Ada software system; SCM support mechanism; automated software engineering framework; chronic SCM issues; life-cycle SCM issues; life-cycle approach; maintenance; software configuration management; upgrading; Application software; Documentation; Engineering management; Page description languages; Partial response channels; Software development management; Software engineering; Software libraries; Software maintenance; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance, 1989., Proceedings., Conference on

Conference_Location

Miami, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1965-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSM.1989.65212

Filename

65212