Strategies for Real-Time System Specification

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, we thank Wendy Eakin, our editor and publisher, who gently but firmly led these two neophyte authors through the rigors of writing a book. You too should thank her, dear Reader: For most of our careers we have worked on or with engineering specifications and standards, and if you are at all familiar with those kinds of documents, you will understand that she is all that stands between you and total boredom.

Many people have contributed in many ways to the work presented here, and while we can mention only a few, we thank you all. Bruce Chubb, Angelo Dimitriou, Rex Morin, and Rod Wierenga gave management support for development and introduction of the requirements method. Dave Bulman sat in on the method’s original ...