ABSTRACT
An overview of the plans for production of software documentation must be included in the Software Development Plan (SDP). During the software development process, various documents are needed at different phases of the life cycle. Software documentation supports the basic requirement to provide a well-defined and consistent software baseline during the Software Acquisition Life Cycle. Software development production matrix identifies when the normal preparation of a draft, preliminary and baselined versions of documents are prepared, as well as when baselined documents are updated. Software management and quality control plans represent important adjuncts to the SDP that document specific implementation details not covered in the SDP. The defined software development process, as captured in the SDP at a relatively high level, should be elaborated through detailed Work Instructions and/or Procedures. These instructions or procedures should contain detailed directions for the day-to-day implementation of the software process.
