A manager/controller for the software development process

Enhanced management and control of the product realization process is required by today's marketplace. We propose a computer aided facility for such an enhanced realization of switching system products that are largely software based. This facility, called the Manager/Controller, is based on a three layer architecture which consists of a process description layer which reads and writes to a product definition (information) layer and is managed by a control layer that has both broad and detailed knowledge of the realization activity. In this paper, we will sketch the characteristics of processes that we must control and outline the nature of the Manager/Controller.