jmitchen@elric.axion.bt.co.uk (Jonathan Mitchener) (09/29/88)
Greetings, This is a short survey concerned with various approaches to and methods used in the development of software. I am trying to get an overall picture of the ways people in the business of software development (in any organisation, in various countries) go about the process. However the scope of my investigation is limited to those methods and approaches CURRENTLY being used in projects to develop products, and NOT in projects simply for research and experimentation. If anyone out there can spare a few minutes to answer the following questions and mail or otherwise send their answers back to me at my address at the bottom of this message, I would appreciate it. If I receive sufficient replies to this survey, I will publish the results back to this newsgroup at a later date. Any requests for anonymity, (q6), when publishing the results will be honoured. (The preferred method of replying is via my private e-mail address : jmitchener@axion.bt.co.uk as this will allow me to collate the answers more easily, but any method of reply will be appreciated.) -------------------------------------------- Software Design Methods Survey. 1. Do you follow the traditional life-cycle development model ? YES/NO 2. Do you use a Software Development Environment (SDE) eg. IPSE ? YES/NO If so which system : .......................... 3. Do you use any of the following : a) Traditional Structured Methodology. YES/NO b) Rapid Prototyping. YES/NO c) Object Oriented Design. YES/NO d) Fourth Generation Languages. YES/NO e) Formal Methods. YES/NO 4. Do you use any of these : a) Jackson Structured Design YES/NO b) SSADM / LDSM YES/NO c) Yourdon YES/NO d) COntrolled Requirements Expression (CORE) YES/NO e) MASCOT YES/NO 5. Do you use any of the following Formal Methods ? a) CCS YES/NO b) OBJ YES/NO c) VDM YES/NO d) Z YES/NO 6. Do you object to your company's name being mentioned, if I publish the results via this newsgroup at a later date ? YES/NO That completes the questions. Thanks very much to all those who take part in the survey. Jonathan Mitchener. _______________________________________________________________________________ Jonathan Mitchener. email: jmitchener@axion.bt.co.uk Telephone: +44 473 642598 Organisation: British Telecommunications Research Laboratories. Royal mail: RT3123, BTRL Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH, Suffolk, IP5 7RE, UK. On-site: Room G44, SSTF. _______________________________________________________________________________