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2.5.4 IMPROVING THE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION PRODUCTION PROCESS
Author(s) -
Kasser Joe
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1995.tb01936.x
Subject(s) - documentation , systems development life cycle , computer science , function (biology) , process (computing) , technical documentation , quality (philosophy) , document management system , world wide web , software development process , database , software development , software , philosophy , epistemology , evolutionary biology , biology , programming language , operating system
Documentation is a major component of any system. It serves the purpose of communicating who is to do (or did) what, why, when, where, and how. Document quality is a function of style, format and content. Content is application specific. The documentation process is common to the entire Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Good documents can be produced at low cost with resulting benefits to both you as the writer and the organization. Good engineering documents are critical to the cost effectiveness of systems engineering. Writing good documents also important to you as a person. When you sign off on a document you are stating that the document meets your personal quality standards. Your signature on that document shows your level of competency to everyone who subsequently reads that document. Reducing the cost of preparing effective documents is an approach that can be applied in any organization and will reduce the cost of the SDLC. This paper discusses improving engineering documentation.