22a NAME Of RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b TELEPHONE (Incluodle Area Code) 22c OFFICE SYMBOL DO FORM 1473,84 MAR 83 APR edition may be used until exhausted SECURITY CLASSIFICATION-OF TIS PAGE All other editions are obsolete D-EXECUTION EXAMPLES DATA GENERAL MV10000 VAX/VMS LIST OF FIGURES 1-Test Data Collection 7 2-Software Architecture 9 3-Compilation Order 11 4-Format of the Statistics Files 13

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This document reports on the feasibility of dev~loping a decision support tool that Could aid decision makers in formulating policies for the use of software standards and strategies for technology insertion. During the furs phase (1983-i984) a "white paperwas completed which provided a conceptuai framework for examining the role of standards in the MCCR acquisition proess. During the second phase (1985-1986), this conceptual framework was translated into a prototype decision support tool. This tool provided the ability to simaulate the effect of selected standardization policies on related technology and Mission Critical Computer resources (MCCR) costs, thus demonstrating the feasibility of modeling the linkages among DoD, standards policies, industry, technology, amid MCCR costs.The first scenario simlated the role of the current policy for the use of Ada as the only higher ordier language for the development of MCCR software. The other two scenarios examined cost effective strategies for inserting Ada and its related software engineering environments into the MCCR software production and maintenance procss The findings frm these simulations indicate that certain strategiestpoiies concerning the utilization of Ada have a powerful influence on MCCR software costs. AcknowledgmentsDuring this project a number of people contributed ideas and effort that were very beneficial to the outcome of the project. Special thanks to Ms. Janet M. Gould (MIT) for editing the appendices and to Mr. Michael Saylor (MIT) for editorial work on the finished report. Others who deserve credit for helping during the construction of the prototype model were *Dr.Thomas Probert, Col. Ken Nidiffer, Mr. Burt Newlin, Dr. Edward Lieblein, Dr. JackKramer, and Dr. John Salasin. (Research and Advanced Technology) to be completed in several phases, each phase being dependant upon the availability of funds. The purpose of the task was to determine the feasibility of developing a decision support tool that could aid decision makers in formulating policies for the use of software standards and strategies for technology insertion. During the first phase (1983-1984), a "white paper" was completed which provided a conceptual framework for examining the role of standards in the MCCR acquisition process. During the second phase (1985-1986), this conceptual framework was translated into a prototype decision support tool. This tool provided the ability to• simulate the effect of selected standardization policies on related technology and Mission Critical Computer Resources (MCCR) costs, thus demonstrating the feasibility of modeling the linkages among DoD, standards policies, industry, technology, and MCCR costs. Section 4.0 of this paper provides an overview of the model while Appendices A and B provide detailed documentation. * Section 5.0 describes the results of scenario simulations. The first scenario simulated the role of the current policy for the use of Ada 1 as the only higher order language for development of MCCR software. The other two scen...

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