Preface General Brief Guide to Volume 3 Acknowledgements Part I OPENING 1 The Triptych Paradigm 1.1 Delineations of Software Engineering 1.1.1 "Old" Delineations 1.1.2 Our View: What Is Software Engineering? 1.2 The Triptych of Software Engineering 1.2.1 On Universes of Discourse and Domains 1.2.2 Domain Engineering 1.2.3 Requirements Engineering 1.2.4 Software 1.2.5 Software Design 1.2.6 Discussion 1.3 Phases, Stages and Steps of Development 1.3.1 Phases of Software Development 1.3.2 Stages and Steps of Development 1.3.3 Domain Development 1.3.4 Requirements Development 1.3.5 Computing Systems Design 1.3.6 Discussion: Phases, Stages and Steps 1.4 The Triptych Process Model -- A First View 1.4.1 The Concept of a Process Model 1.4.2 The Triptych Process Model 1.5 Conclusion to Chapter 1 1.5.1 Summary 1.5.2 What Will Be Covered Later? 1.6 Bibliographical Notes 1.7 Exercises 1.7.1 On a Series of Software Developments 1.7.2 Introductory Remarks 1.7.3 The Exercises 2 Documents 2.1 Documentation Is All! 2.2 Kinds of Document Parts 2.2.1 General 2.2.2 What Is a Description? 2.3 Deliverables 2.4 Informative Document Parts 2.4.1 Name, Place and Date 2.4.2 Partners 2.4.3 Current Situation, Nds, Ideas and Concepts 2.4.4 Scope~ Span and Synopsis 2.4.5 Assumptions and Dependencies 2.4.6 Implicit/Derivative Goals 2.4.7 Standards 2.4.8 Contracts and Design Briefs 2.4.9 Logbook 2.4.10 Discussion of Informative Documentation 2.5 Descriptive Document Parts 2.5.1 Rough Sketches 2.5.2 Terminologies 2.5.3 Narratives 2.5.4 Formal Descriptions 2.5.5 Discussion of Descriptive Documentation 2.6 Analytic Document Parts 2.6.1 Concept Formation 2.6.2 Validation 2.6.3 Verification, Model Checking, Testing 2.6.4 Theory Formation 2.6.5 Discussion of Analytic Documentation 2.7 Discussion 2.7.1 General 2.7.2 Summary of Chapter 2.8 Exercises 2.8.1 A Preamble 2.8.2 The Exercises Part II CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Part III DESCRIPTIONS:THEORY AND PRACTICE Part IV DOMAIN ENGINEERING Part V REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING Part VI COMPUTING SYSTEMS DESIGN Part VII CLOSING Part VIII APPENDIXES References