Excerpt from Guidelines for Documentation of Computer Programs and Automated Data Systems The planning, design, development, and implementation of computer programs and automated data systems 1 represent a considerable investment of human and automated resources. To maximize the return on this investment, and to provide for cost-effective operation, revision, and maintenance, sufficient documentation is needed at each stage of the software development life cycle. This publication has been prepared in response to that need. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.