Re: Software design and development methods?

[Brian Rogoff <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com>]

On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 mjsilva@my-deja.com wrote:
> This isn't really an Ada question, but I think I'm likely to get more
> good info and less nonsense asking it here than in almost any other
> group.  My question is how does an individual, or a small company with
> limited resources, improve the software design and development process
> beyond an ad-hoc collection of self-discovered "methodologies".  What,
> for example, are the -right- ways to do a requirements analysis, create
> a functional specification and come up with a program framework?  What
> is the right way to create a test plan?
> 
> The goal is to come up with a consistent way to develop "better"
> (including but not limited to more reliable) software, including
> embedded applications, quicker.  These applications are not in the
> safety-critical arena, BTW.
> 
> Any and all guidance is greatly appreciated!

Have you looked at "Extreme Programming"? There seem to be some Ada
precursors to XP, see 

	http://stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/1996/jul/manageme.asp?

Speaking of XP, I thought Ed Falis was going to release his Ada unit test
framework. What gives Ed?

-- Brian