Product Line and Domain Architectures &
Common Operating Environment (DII COE)
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
UCI Student Center, Monarch Bay B
University of California, Irvine
There is a $15.00 charge for non-sponsors.
Checks should be made payable to UC Regents.
No reservations required.
Session I: Product Line and Domain Architectures - I & II
Frank C. Belz, Technical Fellow, TRW,
frank.belz@trw.com
Judy Kerner, Senior Engineering Specialist,
The Aerospace Corporation, kerner@aero.org
A product-line approach to manufacturing is widespread in most U.S. marketplaces, but less so in the software market sectors. Part I (Belz) addresses motivations, processes, roles and environments, and business cases for product line development of software. It emphasizes the role of architecture in successful product-line approaches to software, and mentions some architecture definition techniques from the research and commercial tool communities. Part II (Kerner) addresses the challenges presented by product line development, and some of the reasons that this approach may not (yet) be as prevalent as one might expect. It addresses challenges in business case justification, organizational issues that must be overcome, and technical challenges that are sometimes daunting. It focuses on specific challenges that arise when the acquiring organization is not the same as the developing organization. It concludes with references to ongoing efforts that are attempting to help industry to meet these challenges.
Session II: What is DoD JTA/COE?
Sam Bowser, Senior Member of the Technical Staff,
The Aerospace Corporation, samuel.e.bowser@aero.org
The Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) is a DISA initiative aimed at promoting interoperability and open system architectures through the use of standard and common infrastructure software. JTA has been mandated on all new C4I systems and associated critical interfaces. This presentation will provide an overview of JTA and the associated Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment (DII COE), describing where JTA and COE are heading, including present trends and issues. The issued raised regarding compliance problems encountered and solutions devised will be summarized.
Biographies:
Frank Belz has been Principal Investigator on several DARPA-sponsored projects, variously teamed with Stanford University and the University of Southern California. These projects include Domain-Specific Software Architectures (DSSA), Computer Aided Education and Training Initiative (CAETI), and Evolutionary Design of Complex Software (EDCS). He initiated TRW's Infrastructure for Collaboration among Distributed Teams (ICaDT) Project, which is introducing distributed design teams,desktop conferencing, and "virtual spaces" into widespread use at TRW. Previously, he facilitated the introduction of Ada in TRW as the TRW Defense Systems Group Ada Office Manager after leading several research projects on Ada-based tools and project support environments. He participated in the NATO-sponsored Portable Common Interface Set (PCIS) Programme, was a co-author of MIL-STD 1838 Common Ada Project Support Environment Interface Set (CAIS), and was a HOLWG Distinguished Reviewer for Ada (1979-1980). He has been an advisor to the FAA, DARPA, and the Army Science Board.
Judy Kerner has over 25 years of experience in the software field. She is Principal Investigator for the Aerospace part of the USC team on the DARPA Evolutionary Design of Complex Software (EDCS) Program. She is the principal organizer of the annual Ground System Architectures Workshops, which are government/industry/academia consensus formation endeavors whose purpose is, in part, to determine the viability of the product line approach to the development of Ground Stations for the AF, NASA, etc. She was primary author of the Software Engineering Standards section of the Aerospace Integrated Open Systems Standards Profile (IOSSP) and is currently working on a mapping from the DISA Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) to the IOSSP. She is an active participant in the IEEE Architecture Description Working Group. She has been working extensively with standards, standards profiles, and open systems since 1982, participating in such efforts as: the development of the Common APSE Interface Set (CAIS, MIL-STD-1838), a set of standard interfaces to support tool portability and interoperability; and the Navy's Project Support Environment Standards Working Group (PSESWG). She managed U.S. development of an implementation of the CAIS for a NATO project.
Dr. Bowser is a senior member of the technical staff at The Aerospace Corporation Systems Operations and Analysis Department. He has over 24 years experience in the design of military and commercial systems. He is an experienced manager and project director with many years of technical management experience. He has participated in Defense Information Management Agency (DISA) open system initiatives since 1990. Dr. Bowser is an active member of the DII COE User Interface Specification effort . Current project participation includes support to MILSTAR, JTA /DII COE initiatives, and the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) software development and human-computer interaction standards. He was the project lead in the development of TAFIM Volume 8 "DoD HCI Style Guide."
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Date: Friday, February 27, 1998
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