Working with structured methods-a case study

Abstract

A summary is presented of the experience gained from undertaking a complete software project using structured methods and computer-aided software engineering tools. The classical structured methods were used in building the authors' version of the method, which was used as the basis of a software quality assurance plan. An explanation is presented detailing how the authors implemented the methods, how they worked, and which procedures and standards were used. The authors list the pros and cons of the method and the main problems encountered during usage. They suggest some changes to the method and some practical, managerial conclusions and improvements that they want to include in their next project. An assessment is also made of the contribution of the methods to the meeting of the quality and the schedule objectives for the software product.<>