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- software development
  - Stages
    - Requirements analysis
    - Design
      - Module
        
        maximum cohesion
        minimum coupling
      - Considerations
        
        Extensibility
        Robustness
        Fault-tolerance
        Security
        Maintainability
        Compatibility
      - OOAD
      - Architecture
        
        Assessing quality in software architectures
        Architectural patterns
      - Design patterns
      - UML
        
        uml.org
        Diagrams
        
        Introduction to the Diagrams of UML 2.0
        UML Quick Reference
        Structure diagram
        
        Class diagram
        Component diagram
        Composite structure diagram
        Deployment diagram
        Object diagram
        Package diagram
        
        Behavior diagrams
        
        Activity diagram
        State diagram
        Use case diagram
        
        Interaction diagrams
        
        Communication diagram
        Interaction overview diagram
        Sequence diagram
        UML Timing Diagram
    - Coding
    - Testing
      - QA
      - Unit testing
      - Integration testing
      - System testing
      - Regression testing
      - Acceptance testing
      - Performance testing
      - Stress testing
      - Software prototyping
        
        Requirements testing
        Design testing
    - Debugging
      - detect
      - locate
      - identify
      - fix
      - test
    - post development
      - Deployment
      - Maintenance
  - Models
    - from more relaxed to more strict:
    - Cowboy coding
    - Agile
      - Extreme Programming
    - Iterative development
    - Spiral model
    - Waterfall model
      - DOD-STD-2167A
    - CMMI
      - CMM
      - Levels
        
        Initial
        Repeatable
        Defined
        Quantitatively Managed
        Optimizing
- good software
  - Good Software Takes Ten Years. Get Used To it
  - documentation
    - Visualization Methods
    - IEEE Software Engineering Standards
    - Plain English
      - Rules for Regulation Writers
    - Software Requirements Specification
      - Characteristics of a good SRS
        
        Correct
        Unambiguous
        Complete
        Consistent
        Ranked for importance and/or stability
        Verifiable
        Modifiable
        Traceable
      - Table of Contents
        
        Introduction
        
        Purpose
        Scope
        Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations
        References
        Overview
        
        Overall description
        
        Product perspective
        Product functions
        User characteristics
        Constraints
        Assumptions and dependencies
        
        Specific requirements
      - References
        
        IEEE Std 830-1998: IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirements Specifications
    - Software Design Description
      - Design entity
        
        Identification
        Type
        
        subprogram
        module
        procedure
        process
        data store
        
        Purpose
        Function
        Subordinates
        Interface
        Resources
        Processing
        Data
      - Design views
        
        Decomposition Description
        Dependency Description
        Interface Description
        Detailed Design Description
      - References
        
        IEEE Std 1016-1998: IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Design Descriptions
  - software quality
    - conformance to requirements
    - Designing Integrated High Quality Linux Applications (tldp)
    - What Makes a Software High-Quality?
    - Software Productization
    - Code refactoring
    - KISS principle
    - Scalability
    - Performance
    - Fault-tolerance
    - ISO 9001
    - ISO 9126
      - ISO 9126 Software Quality Characteristics
      - Functionality
        
        Suitability
        Accuracy
        Interoperability
        Compliance
        Security
      - Reliability
        
        Maturity
        Recoverability
        Fault Tolerance
      - Usability
        
        Learnability
        Understandability
        Operability
      - Efficiency
      - Maintainability
      - Portability
  - related topics
- embedded systems
  - embedded.com
    - The basics of programming embedded processors
    - Employ the proper flash memory in your design
  - The Benefits of Hacking Embedded Devices (Embedded Linux Primer: A Practical Real-World Approach)
  - ddj.com/embedded
  - just some brand names:
    - ARM
    - eCos
      - ecos.sourceware.org
    - GHS
    - IAR
    - Keil
    - MontaVista
    - PIC
    - QNX
    - Symbian
    - ThreadX
    - VxWorks
    - Windows CE
    - Wind River
    - and may others
  - some Technologies and applications

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