TATs are performed and technical consultation is provided for all aspects of software engineering. Past studies have focused on requirements engineering, rapid prototyping, cost estimation and modeling, Ada tools, and conference support. DACS staff and subcontractors perform TATs and provide consulting services to members of the defense community, other Government activities, industry, and academia for all aspects of software engineering. A sampling of current DACS TATs are described in the following paragraphs.
STEP Metrics Development and Implementation Support
The STEP Metrics Development and Implementation Support TAT is providing U.S. Army Operational Evaluation Command (OEC) support in implementing the Software Test and Evaluation Panel (STEP) Program Support Army-wide. Under this TAT, a team led by the DACS is developing a STEP training program; refining Volume 6 of the DA Pamphlet 73-1, which defines the STEP program; providing advice to OEC on STEP implementation; and enhancing, testing, and demonstrating tools to implement STEP metrics. The training program included a workshop, held November 30 to December 4, 1992, to train attendees on STEP and the development of a video course on software requirements and the User Functional Description.
KBSA Technology Transition
This task assists Rome Laboratory (RL) in developing knowledge-based software and system engineering and to foster industry-wide research and development in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to the problems of system development and maintenance. The DACS is providing administrative and logistical support for a series of technical interchange meetings under this task. These meetings provide a vehicle for transitioning and disseminating technology related to the particular paradigm embodied in RL's Knowledge-Based Software Assistant (KBSA) Program.
Support for the Rome Laboratory Software Quality Technology Transfer Consortium
Rome Laboratory (RL) is promoting the transition of software quality measurement technology through the Software Quality Technology Transition Consortium (SQT2C), a consortium of private corporations experimenting with the application of software quality metrics. Under this task, the DACS is providing consultation support to consortia members and designing a database schema to store comprehensive software quality data.
Analysis and Implementation of Advanced Information Technology Solutions
This task, performed for the DoD Information Analysis Center (IAC) Program Office, will provide the DoD IAC Program Management (PM) Office with an analysis of information technology options available to address requirements for the collection, review, dissemination, and oversight of Technical Area Task (TAT) contract modifications and other recurring IAC PM Office program items. Based on the analysis of information technology options, this TAT's Final Technical Report will provide recommendations for a prototype system for collecting operational data to determine whether widespread application of information technology could improve IAC program management operations.
Conversion of AMAS using the OASYS Toolset
The Life Cycle Software Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, is sponsoring this task to analyze and document the existing Automated Materiel Acquisition System's (AMAS) functionality. Under this task, the DACS will prototype and demonstrate the AMAS software using the DACS' Open Architecture Systems Toolset (OASYS).
Application of OASYS at Watervliet Arsenal
The objective of this task is to provide the Watervliet Arsenal with an analysis of information technology options available to address its requirements for the generation, review, and disposition of acquisition requests and related requests in a corporate "open systems" environment. Based on the analysis of information technology options, the DACS will develop a prototype system for the purpose of collecting operational data to determine whether or not widespread application of modern information technology could improve the operation of the Arsenal.
These TATs illustrate the diverse nature of support available to DACS users via the DACS TAT Program. Send an E-mail request to [email protected] to receive additional information on the DACS and/or the DACS TAT Program. Include the appropriate "send" command(s) in the body of the message (not the Subject): send dacs info or send tasks. Contact Mr. Dan Snell to discuss how the DACS can assist your organization with a Technical Area Task tailored to your needs.
