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From: ekn@lulea.telesoft.se (Erik Karlsson)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.sw.components,comp.misc,comp.groupware
Subject: Re: Prototyping and the Development Process
Keywords: prototyping, development, tools, literature, environments
Message-ID: <3541@lulea.telesoft.se>
Date: 20 Sep 90 08:29:09 GMT
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Organization: Telesoft AB, Lulea, Sweden
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	Right... Where should I start...?

	What you're looking for is something that everyone wants:

	1) A good model for system development, that among many other
	   things takes care of the prototyping process in a good way.
	   (Supports planning, calculation and all other project
	   controlling and managing functions)

	2) A set of good methods for each step in the model.

	3) An integrated set of tools that supports every single step
	   taken in the model and methods above.

	Am I right?

	Gee, I wish I could offer you, and all other "netlanders", all that!
	I'd make loads of money. :-)

	Lots of work is done in the area, and there are results, that are
	on their way to becoming national and international standards. In
	Sweden there is a national standardisation organization, called 
	SIS. They have recently (september 1989) presented a development 
	model that is a very good step to what we want. It's called 
	"Referensmodell f|r systemutveckling" (Reference model for system 
	development), and it's translated to English. 

	This model has recieved quite a lot of interest around the world,
	and even if it's not perfect yet, it does give quite a lot of what 
	we want as a first step. If nothing else, it gives us a common
	terminology (there are mistakes in it, but it's there), and a sense
	of how to split an everage development process into controllable
	and iterative (prototyping...) steps.

	The model is presented in a small book, that you can order from:

	SIS - Standardiseringskommissionen i Sverige
	Box 3295
	S-103 66 Stockholm
	Sweden

	Phone (int.): +46 8 613 53 50
	Fax (int.):   +46 8 11 70 35

	Its ISBN no. is:ISBN 91-7162-283-7,
	and it's identified at SIS as "SIS TR 321"

	But... Are there any metods in it? No!
	Any tool support? Even less than "no"!

	David R. Kraus wrote:

>====  David R. Kraus ============ | "Some terribly insightful
>|     (619) 693-5539              |  quote that shakes the
>|                                 |  foundation of all your
>|   kraus@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM  |  beliefs."

	Well, my ".signature" isn't that insightful:-

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