NASA-Software Management Guidebook-96.pdf

NASA-GB-001-96
Software
Program
Software Management Guidebook
November 1996
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, DC
Software
Program
Software Management Guidebook
November 1996
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, DC
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NASA-GB-001-96 ii
Foreword
This document is a product of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Software Program, an Agency-wide program to promote continual improvement of software
engineering within NASA. The goals and strategies for this program are documented in the
NASA Software Strategic Plan, July 13, 1995.
Additional information is available from the NASA Software IV&V facility on the World Wide
Web site /.
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Table of Contents
Page
Foreword........................................................................................................................................ iii
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................1
Background ..........................................................................................................................1
Purpose.................................................................................................................................1
Scope....................................................................................................................................2
Overview..............................................................................................................................2
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Terminology.............................................................................................................2
Notation..........................................................................