Re: Documentation Standards

[prenom_nomus@yahoo.com (Mark)]

> 
> What appears to me be the next generation of the 2167A/498 evolution is
> J-STD-016.  If you're familiar with 2167, you'll get a warm fuzzy
> looking through this.  J-STD-016 is titled something like "Software Life
> Cycle Processes", and is a joint IEEE/EIA standard.  I got my copy via
> my employer, which cost them somewhere in the vicinity of $200--I think,
> for sure at least $100.

It doesn't sound very new see:

http://www.software.org/quagmire/descriptions/j-std-016.asp

http://www.abelia.com/pubsmain.htm

http://www.software.org/dcspin/Past_Mtgs1999.html#Aug99

Aren't most organizations just taking the 498/016 standard and
tailoring it to meet their needs since the DoD no longer enforces this
kind of standard?