Reference Web Sites

February 11, 2003

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

Personal Resources. 2

Professional Organizations. 2

Personal Certifications. 4

Federal Government Information. 5

Standards. 7

Military Standards. 7

Standards Sources. 8

Key Industry and International Standards. 9

Management, Process Improvement, and Metrics. 10

Program Management and Process Improvement 10

Process Capability Maturity Models. 10

Measurement and Metrics. 11

Programming and Internet 12

Programming. 12

UML and Patterns Reference Books. 12

Ada Standards. 13

Internet Resources. 13

Vendors. 14

Database, CASE, and ERP Vendors. 14

Math and CAD Vendors. 15

General Software Companies. 15

Hardware and Software Resellers. 16

Documents. 17

Bookstores. 17

Publishers. 17

Publications. 18

Structured Documents (SGML and XML) 19

Other Topics. 20

History of Computing. 20

Music. 20

Miscellaneous. 22

 


Personal Resources

Professional Organizations

Organization

Description

AAAS - American Association for the Advancement of Science

Focuses on basic research and education in a wide range of sciences, and helping to set research policy.

ACM – The Association for Computing Machinery

Main research-oriented body for computer technology and methodologies.

AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Organization for aerospace engineers, rocket and jet propulsion scientists, etc.

AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Society for chemists and chemical engineers.

AITP - Association of Information Technology Professionals

 

AOM - The Association of Management

Includes the International Association of Management

ASA - American Statistical Association

 

ASIS - American Society for Information Science

 

ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Main standards body for any kind of mechanical components.

ASQ - American Society for Quality

Society for quality engineers and managers, including
ISO 9000 experts.

CMI - Contract Management Institute

 

ETC – Eastern Technology Council

A regional (Delaware valley) corporate networking organization

HWG - The HTML Writers Guild

Society for people who compose web pages.

ICM - The Institute of Configuration Management

 

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Main standards body for everything electrical or computer-related.

IEEE-CS - IEEE Computer Society

Primary professional organization for software engineers, other than the ACM.

IEEE-SA - IEEE Standards Association

To get involved in defining IEEE standards.

IFIP - International Federation for Information Processing

 

IFPUG - International Function Point User's Group

 

INCOSE - International Council on Systems Engineering

Society for systems engineering.

IOM – Institute of Medicine

Congressional advisory board for medical issues.

ISA - Instrumentation, Systems, Automation

Society for automated control systems and related instrumentation.

ISEE - International Society of Explosives Engineers

Society for explosives engineers – for mining, demolition, manufacturing, etc.

ISOC - The Internet Society

Focuses on policy, standards, and getting emerging countries on the Internet.

IWA - International Webmasters Association

Society for people who manage web pages.

NAE - National Academy of Engineering

Congressional advisory board for engineering issues

NAS - National Academy of Sciences

Congressional advisory board for scientific research

NCMA - National Contract Management Association

 

NDIA - National Defense Industrial Association

Originally for ordnance engineers when called the ADPA, has become a defense industry advocacy group.

NRC – National Research Council

Supports and coordinates work by the IOM, NAE, and NAS.

NSPE - National Society of Professional Engineers

Organization for registered professional engineers – mainly civil, mechanical, etc.

SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers

Main standards body for any powered vehicle.

SPIE — The International Society for Optical Engineers

Society for physics, optics, and related fields.

TCSE - Technical Council on Software Engineering

 

W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium

Industry body for agreeing on Internet standards

WWISA – The Worldwide Institute of Software Architects, Inc.

The first group specifically for software architects.

 


Personal Certifications

Certification

Certifications cover:

A+ and Network+ Certifications, etc.

computer technology (CompTIA)

Certified Software Development Professional

software developers (IEEE)

Cisco professional certifications

network design and administration.

CIW

web development, security, and administration.

Macromedia Certified Professional

website and software development.

Microsoft

software development, system or database
administration, end user office skills, etc.

Novell

network administration (NetWare).

Oracle

database development and administration.

Project Management Institute (PMI)

project and program management.

Quality

quality engineer, auditor, manager, etc. (ASQ)

 


Federal Government Information

Source
Description

1998 CIA World Factbook

Summary data for every country and territory on Earth.  More recent editions available from the GPO bookstore.

Code of Federal Regulations and US Government Manual

Downloadable from the National Archives and Records Administration. ‘CFR’ as in ’14 CFR 68’ refers to section 68 of title 14 in the CFR.

Federal Acquisition Regulations

Rules for doing business with the government.

Federal Bulletin Board

Yes, there were a few bulletin boards still around. Link dead Feb 2003.

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)

Languages and protocols which are approved for federal use.

Fedworld

A federal web site search tool owned by the Dept of Commerce and the NTIS. (predates firstgov.gov)

FirstGov

A great place to search only within Federal or State web sites.

General Accounting Office (GAO) reports

The GAO checks on all spending by Congress, so any Federal program might come under their scrutiny.

GAO special reports

Many handbooks and guides appear as ‘special reports’.

GAO reports on
Information Technology

IT-specific reports

Government Printing Office (GPO)

Print everything official, from comsumer publications to statistical data.

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

Computer and Information Science publications

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

Publisher of technical reports from all over the government.

NIST Software Quality Group

Wide range of publications – metrics, process improvement, quality, formal methods, etc.

OFPP Contract Management Best Practices

Contract management wisdom from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)

OSD Quality Management Office

OSD = Office of the Secretary of Defense

Statistical Abstract of the USA

You want numbers?  We got numbers!

United States Code

The USC are all laws passed by the House of Representatives.

US Federal Government Standards and Regulatory Information Sites

Source for downloading or ordering ANSI standards.

DoD Software Information Clearinghouse

Combined web site for the The Data and Analysis Center for Software (DACS) and the Defense Software Collaborators (DSC)

Government/Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP)

A program to exchange information about all life cycle phases and aspects of research.

Guidelines for Successful Acquisition and Management of Software Intensive Systems

A big blue book capturing lessons learned by the Air Force.

 


Standards

Military Standards

Source