BCS Glossary of Computing, 14th Edition
by BCS Academy Glossary Working Party, Arnold Burdett, Dan Bowen, Diana Butler, Aline Cumming, Frank Hurvid, Adrian Jackson, John Jaworski, Percy Mett, Thomas Ng, Penny Patterson, Marianne Scheer, Hazel Shaw, Alfred Vella, John Woollard, David Fuller
A4 SYSTEMS DESIGN AND LIFE CYCLE
Related topics can be found in Section F5 User interface and documentation, Section A5 Describing systems, Section C5 Describing programs and Section C6 Testing and running programs.
There is an enormous difference between the large-scale commercial production of software and an individual writing a computer program for their own use. The problems are much larger, too large for one person to manage, and usually have to be tackled by a team. A formal approach to the task is essential, to plan and to enable members of the team to communicate both during development and afterwards. In contrast an individual writing a small program can do much of the visualisation and planning in their head.
For a purpose-built ...
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