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.
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.
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.
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.
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.