From rbotting@wiley.csusb.edu Mon Mar 14 12:40 PST 1994 Return-Path: Received: from wiley.csusb.edu by silicon.csci.csusb.edu (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA00177; Mon, 14 Mar 94 12:40:03 PST Received: by wiley.csusb.edu (5.67a/1.34) id AA18899; Mon, 14 Mar 1994 12:40:53 -0800 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 12:40:53 -0800 From: rbotting@wiley.csusb.edu ("Dr. Richard Botting") Message-Id: <199403142040.AA18899@wiley.csusb.edu> To: dick@silicon.csci.csusb.edu Subject: (fwd) A tool for software documentation Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2369 Status: R Path: csus.edu!csulb.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!deep.rsoft.bc.ca!mindlink.bc.ca!a7965 From: SPC@mindlink.bc.ca (SPC) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng Subject: A tool for software documentation Date: 14 Mar 94 17:21:02 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 35 Distribution: world Message-ID: <40606@mindlink.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: mindlink.bc.ca This is a message that we originally sent about one month ago. The response to it has been so overwhelming that we are sending it out again. Almost one year ago we asked members of the Software Productivity Centre and Internet bulletin boards if anybody knew about tools using pre-formatted templates to document the software development process. The only replies we got were "let us know when you found one". Well, we didn't find one, so we set out to develop a series of templates for our members. Our soft copy documentation templates are now complete and have created a lot of interest from both companies wishing to use it for their documentation process and universities interested in using it as a teaching tool. The templates are compatible with IEEE standards and meet the requirements under ISO-9001 for a documented quality process. Version 2.0 of the documentation system (ProDoc) includes: Development Plan, Initial Requirements Specification, Detailed Requirements Specification, and Quality Plan. ProDoc comes with built in 'pop-up' guides, a full set of example documents, and a Handbook to Systems Development Documentation. If you are interested in getting more information about ProDoc, send us a response with your name, company, and the platform on which you create word processed documentation. Who we are: The Software Productivity Centre (SPC) is a non-profit organization with the mandate to assist software developers to improve their software engineering process. We are based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and have 96 member companies in Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Contact:spc@mindlink.bc.ca -- rbotting@wiley.csusb.edu. rbotting::=`Dr. Richard J. Botting`, wiley::=`Faculty EMail System`, csusb::=`California State University, San Bernardino, CA 92407, USA`. Aka::=`dick@doc.csci.csusb.edu`. Disclaimer::=`CSUSB may or may not agree with this message`. Copyright(1994)::=`Copy and use as you wish as long as you include this copyright and signature`.