Reuse (Assume have source code, not a commercial product) Ariane 5. Therac-25. British AtC Expectation Significantly lower development costs and time. Amortize costs among all users or uses Assumptions
Formal design Reviews Associated with each of documentation phases Evaluate with respect to Customer requirements Prescribed standards and practices Contractual requirements
design: added inheritance, multiple inheritance, and polymorphism to ADT In process added complexity and increased some types of connectivity Lots of claimed advantages -- so far empirical evaluation is not supporting them well
Abstract Model Specifications Build an abstract model of required software behavior using mathematically defined(perhaps using axioms )types(e. g sets, relations) Define operations by showing effects of that operation on the model Specification includes Model
Requirements specification: A structured document that sets out the services the system is expected to provide Should be precise so that it can act as a contract between the system procurer and software developer and thus needs to be understandable by procurers and developers