The dissemination of technical information in a software development organization

Author

Gill, Timothy D.

Author_Institution

AT&T, Summit, NJ, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

5-7 Oct 1988

Firstpage

217

Lastpage

222

Abstract

The author notes that the dissemination of technical information in a software development organization-project memos, software engineering process documents, local computing facility documentation-is often not organized and controlled adequately to meet the needs of staff. He describes common problems in this activity and presents a model of the development and use of documents in these organizations. Requirements for a simple system solving the problems are given, and lASO (Libraries for accessing, sharing, and organizing documents), a prototype based on the model and meeting most of the requirements, is described

Keywords

computer facilities; information dissemination; software engineering; technical presentation; lASO; local computing facility documentation; project memos; software development organization; software engineering process documents; technical information; Computers; Costs; Documentation; Operating systems; Printing; Productivity; Programming; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Text processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1988. IPCC '88 Conference Record. On the Edge: A Pacific Rim Conference on Professional Technical Communication., International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1988.24037

Filename

24037