lawlisp@AJPO.SEI.CMU.EDU (02/04/89)
Please post the following announcement from the E&V Team: --------------------------------- APSE E&V REFERENCE SYSTEM Two coordinated documents produced by the E&V (Evaluation and Validation) task, under AFWAL leadership and AJPO sponsorship, are now available for distribution. They are: the "E&V Reference Manual, Version 1.1" and the "E&V Guidebook, Version 1.1." Considered together, they are known as the "E&V Reference System." They provide information about APSEs (Ada Programming Suport Environments) and their assessment. The "E&V Reference Manual" establishes common terminology and a framework for understanding APSEs. It includes a Life-Cycle Activities Index, a Tool Category Index, a Function Index, and an Attribute Index. Each index entry contains a definition, cross references to entries in the same or other indexes, and "pointers" to relevant sections in the "E&V Guidebook." As a stand-alone document it is intended to help users find useful information about index elements and relationships among them. In conjunction with the Guidebook, it is intended to help users find criteria, metrics, and methods for assessment of APSEs and their components. The "E&V Guidebook" provides descriptions of specific instances of assessment technology. These include evaluation (assessment of performance and quality) or validation (assessment of conformance to a standard) techniques. For each category of item to be assessed (e.g. compilation system, test system, whole APSE, etc.) there are descriptions of various techniques -- such as test suites, questionnaires, checklists, and structured experiments. The Guidebook also contains synopses of documents of general historical importance to the entire field of Ada environments and their assessment. To obtain copies of the documents and/or to get on the E&V Mailing List (to ensure notification of future E&V products) send your name and address electronically (preferred) to: szymansk@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu, or by regular mail To: Mr. Raymond Szymanski, AFWAL/AAAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-6523.