A Survey of Computer Programming Languages
(DoD Language Survey)
3. Respondent and Programmatic Profile

3. RESPONDENT AND PROGRAMMATIC PROFILE

Before presenting the survey results, it is important to realize that the level of abstraction of survey responses varies (see Section 2.6 to understand the rationale for this decision). For example, some responses describe an entire weapon system (e.g., the V-22 Osprey), other responses describe different versions of a weapon system (e.g., the Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) Baseline and the SLAM Upgrade), while other responses describe major subsystems resident within a weapon system (e.g., seven subsystems on the C/KC-135). Consequently, there is not a one-to-one mapping between a survey response and a single weapon system. Therefore, survey results are presented in terms of responses, not "programs" or "systems".

The survey data collection form was structured to provide the Service and Agency distribution of respondents as the demographic data of interest to DoD. Attributes being surveyed included the acquisition cost category and the life-cycle phase. This section presents observations from the weapon system and AIS responses.

3.1 Weapon System Responses

The distribution of the weapon system responses in terms of Service participation, acquisition category, and acquisition phase are presented for information purposes only.

3.1.1 Services

Figure 1 presents the distribution of responses by Services. The sample of programs selected was not evenly distributed among Army (19%), Navy (50%), and Air Force (26%); consequently, nearly half of the responses were from the Navy. The "Other" category represents responses from the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Defense Logistics Agency, and Defense Information Systems Agency.

3.1.2 Acquisition Category

Figure 2 presents the distribution of acquisition categories for the weapon system responses. The largest percentage of responses were from ACAT I programs, with ACAT III close behind.

3.1.3 Acquisition Phase

Figure 3 presents the distribution of acquisition phases for the weapon system responses. The Engineering & Manufacturing Development and Production & Deployment phases combine to represent 79% of the total number of responses.

3.2 AIS Responses

The distribution of the AIS responses in terms of Service participation and acquisition phase are presented for information purposes only. Acquisition category is not defined by the same rules as for weapon systems. The data collected from the survey forms has been omitted here because it was considered unreliable (e.g., over half of the respondents did not report acquisition cost category).

3.2.1 Services

Figure 4 presents the distribution of Services contributing to the major AIS survey. The "Other" category includes the Defense Information Systems Agency and Defense Logistics Agency. There were no Marine Corps AISs in the survey samples.

3.2.2 Acquisition (Life-Cycle) Phase

Life-cycle phases for AISs are defined by DoDI Instruction 8120.1 [DoDI 1993]. Figure 5 presents the distribution of life-cycle phases reported by the major AISs surveyed.

Figure 1. Distribution by Service for Weapon System Responses (Not Shown)

Figure 2. Distribution by Acquisition Category for Weapon System Responses (Not Shown)

Figure 3. Distribution by Acquisition Phase for Weapon System Responses (Not Shown)

Figure 4. Distribution by Service for AIS Responses (Not Shown)

Figure 5. Distribution by Acquisition Phase for AIS Responses (Not Shown)


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