Moderator: Hal Hart, TRW

Panelists: Dennis Frailey (Raytheon), Richard Riehle (AdaWorks), Tucker Taft (Intermetrics/ARA)

Obviously, Ada didn’t "go away" after the DoD replaced its programming language policy in April, 1997. Leaders from Ada user, vendor, & training communities present their various perspectives on how Ada usage is faring in 1998, particularly examining change trends and ripple effects outside the DoD contractor community. The panel includes an update on implementation of the replacement DoD policy for "Software Engineering Plan Reviews" (SEPRs), an early system milestone trading off high-leverage engineering factors including architectures, reuse, processes, and tool environments in concert with programming language choice — plus discussion of one company’s existing similar practices recognized as a industry "best practices" exemplar long before becoming a model for SEPRs. Are or can SEPRs help Ada and the software engineering objectives associated with Ada?