``Bumper Sticker Management'' vs. Using the Ada Programming Language: An AdaIC News Interview With Lloyd K. Mosemann II.Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002 "Bumper sticker bumper sticker n. A sticker bearing a printed message for display on a vehicle's bumper. bumper sticker n → Aufkleber m management" inflates the cost of software and lowers its quality, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Lloyd K. Mosemann II, a senior vice president of SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. and retired deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force. In a recent telephone interview with the AdaIC News, Mosemann defined "bumper sticker management" as following rather than leading the consumer. "Most senior people have no idea what Ada is vs. why Ada should be chosen over anything else," said Mosemann. Ada was the first object-oriented programming language object-oriented programming language - object-oriented programming to achieve ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. standardization. Originally designed specifically to run embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. , many of the Ada programs fielded today are those on which human lives depend, or must be understood by hundreds of different software engineers, or are reused repeatedly to improve a company's economics of scale. Ada was designed to provide legibility, portability across many hardware systems (from airplanes to PCs to video security systems), and reusability. After 25 years as deputy assistant secretary to the Air Force, Mosemann retired as head of communications, computers and support systems. In that role, he "supported Ada for the same reasons" that he is a "big supporter of process improvement." Yet popularity rather than intelligent comparisons have also overwhelmed managers' decision about how their software is developed. "Process is emphasized and enforced either when the government insists or when a bank wants to lower its software's error rates and increase its robustness," Mosemann said. Armed for his illustrious career with a Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Chicago, Mosemann worked with the Air Force after spending 11 years in the Navy. The software community and government have recognized his leadership in improving management processes with two Presidential Meritorious Rank Awards, five Air Force Exceptional Service Medals, the Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Civilian service is service to a government made as a civilian, particularly such service as an option for anti-militarists and pacifists who object to military service. Examples of countries with thriving civilian service programmes are Switzerland (Swiss Civilian Service), Medal, the Society of Logistics Engineers Founders Medal, three "Federal Computer Week" 100 Awards, the "Government Computer News" Stetson Award, a 1996 Inductee in the "Government Computer News" Hall of Fame, and the DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. Software Program Managers Network H Mark Grove Award for Excellence in Software Management. For the entire interview, see http://www.adaic.org/news/mose-int.html. For Mosemann's speech, "Did We Lose Our Religion?," see http://www.adaic.org/news/mosemann.html. Sponsored by the Ada Resource Association, a group of software tool and development vendors that supports the wider usage of Ada. |
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