Practical software documentation writing

Author: Xiao Gang
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This book is based on the fundamental principles of software engineering and emphasizes the concept of software as "program + document." It systematically elaborates on the steps, content, methods, tools, characteristics, and requirements of document writing in each stage of computer software development. The book consists of 8 chapters and 3 appendices, introducing the significance of software engineering standardization, the concepts and content of software documentation, relevant national standards for software documentation, the principles and steps of writing software documentation, and the management and maintenance of software documentation. It provides detailed explanations of writing methods and techniques for development documents such as the feasibility study report, software requirements report, outline design specification, and detailed design specification, as well as management documents like the project development plan, software test plan, development progress report, and project development summary report, along with user documentation. This book can serve as a teaching material for undergraduate and graduate students in computer science and technology, software engineering, and related fields in higher education, as well as a reference for knowledge training and continuing education for software researchers and developers.