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Subject: Re: Overview of Current Requirements & Design
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Date: 8 Feb 91 15:32:11 GMT
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In article <16421@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Bruce W. Mohler) writes:
> Can anyone suggest books or training that would help me
> find out what the current trends, philosophies, or
> methodologies are in doing Requirements & Design.
> 
> Our company is trying to establish some standards for
> Software Development (the only one they've decided on,
> so far, is DSSD).  My training in this area is 10 years
> stale and was for a Bachelors degree in Information
> Systems.
> 
> All suggestions welcome.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> -- 
> Bruce W. Mohler
> Systems Programmer (aka Staff Analyst)
> bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu
> voice: 619-586-2218

There's a good collection of papers on requirements recent put out by the
IEEE:
	SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING
	Edited by Richard H. Thayer and Merlin Dorfman
	Copyright 1990
	IEEE Computer Society Press
	Los Alamitos, CA
	ISBN: 0-8186-8921-8

The book is some 700 pages long, and has contributions from many outstanding
researchers in the field.

hal.