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Implementing the IEEE Software Engineering Standards ; Implementing the IEEE Software Engineering Standards ; Michael Schmidt 800 East 96th Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46290 Copyright © 2000 by Sams Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein International Standard Book Number: 0-672-31857-1 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-69168 Printed in the United States of America First Printing: October 2000 02 01 00 4321 Trademarks All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalized Sams Publishing cannot attest to the accuracy of this information Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark Figures reprinted with permission from IEEE Std 1074; 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received a B.A in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1980; and a M.A in Mathematics from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1981 In 1980, as a student intern, Mike worked as a programmer on the cyclotron control system at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories After receiving his degree at UW, Mike took a position as a software engineer at Bi-M Instruments, a start-up company in Houston developing ballast control systems for offshore oil rigs In 1981, Mike was recruited by Varian Associates in Palo Alto to work on the software for a next-generation linear accelerator for oncology care At Varian, Mike was promoted to project engineer, leading the team for the control system software In 1986, Mike was recruited to another start-up company,TransImage Corporation in Menlo Park, as a staff software engineer to develop a sophisticated optical-character-recognition system In 1987, Mike joined Siemens Medical Systems, again as a project engineer to head the software team developing a next-generation control system for a linear accelerator for oncology care Mike was promoted to manager of the software engineering department at Siemens Medical Systems, Oncology Care Systems, with responsibility for all software development in five major product areas In 1994, Mike started Software Engineering Services, Inc., a software consulting business specializing in fixed-price projects for software in the medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries, and other industries for which software plays a safety-critical role SES has a long list of well-known clients in these industries, and has developed and validated software for numerous sophisticated applications Mike also has been teaching computer science classes at University of California Berkeley Extension, and Diablo Valley College, including C++ programming, and classes on the IEEE Software Engineering Standards In 2000, Mike joined Zeiss Humphrey Systems, a leading manufacturer of ophthalmic instruments, as the software engineering manager Mike is an IEEE member viii About the Technical Reviewers Charles Ashbacher has been programming for nearly 20 years, which makes him experienced and well-rounded rather than old and cynical He is co-editor of Journal of Recreational Mathematics and a regular contributor to Journal of ObjectOriented Programming Charles teaches computing at all levels: corporate training, college, and community education and is president and CEO of Charles Ashbacher Technologies (http://www.ashbacher.com) His background also includes stints writing commercial code and software to conduct scientific research Tathagat Varma received an M.Sc Computer Science (Software) degree from J.K Institute of Applied Physics and Technology, University of Allahabad, India in 1990 He then worked with the Defence Research and Development Organization, Government of India, as a computer scientist until 1995 During this tenure, he also participated in the XIII Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica, where he stayed for 16 months! In August 1995, he joined Siemens Communication Software, Bangalore, where he worked in telecommunication software development for over a year Since December 1996, he has worked with Philips Software Centre, Bangalore Philips Software Centre is the software arm of the Royal Philips Electronics,The Netherlands In the last three years with Philips, he has worked with Medical Systems and as SPI and QA Manager Currently, he is managing a project that involves development of embedded software for digital set-top boxes He is formally trained in CMM, ISO Tick-IT, and Philips Assessment Method He is also an active reviewer for the IEEE Software magazine ix ... call 1-800-678 -IEEE or, visit the IEEE Standards web site at www .standards .ieee. org Endorsed by The IEEE Standards Information Network Implementing the IEEE Software Engineering Standards' by.. .Implementing the IEEE Software Engineering Standards ; Implementing the IEEE Software Engineering Standards ; Michael Schmidt 800 East 96th Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46290 Copyright © 2000. .. all the standards are discussed in the book.We will focus on the most important principles in the IEEE Software Engineering Standards collection, to show the easiest way to phase in the standards