From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,17c02346e2b592d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Brian Rogoff Subject: Re: Software design and development methods? Date: 2000/10/11 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 680354396 References: <8rvov4$imr$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: sjc-read.news.verio.net 971306013 206.184.139.136 (Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:13:33 GMT) Organization: Verio MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:13:33 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-10-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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