Improvement Needed in Documenting Computer Systems: Report to the Congress |
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adequate documentation ADP personnel ADP system Air Force APPENDIX auditors automatic data processing Bureau of Standards Center Defense Supply COBOL completed COMPTROLLER computer installations computer models computer programs computer software computerized cost cost-effective sharing data processing Defense Supply Agency Department of Commerce Director docu documenta documentation decisions documentation needed documentation of computer documentation standards Documenting Federal Computer draft GAO report Eastern Regional Audit elements of documentation Federal Computer Systems FIPS flow chart functions Government-wide identified input and output level of documentation logic management review Manual mathematical models ment mentation modifications NASA National Bureau NBS standards operating instructions performed policy guidance preparing documentation programs and systems programs or systems provide policy PUNCH CARD puter systems quate documentation recommendation Regional Audit Office review to insure Secondary users Services Administration sharing potential software and systems Software Exchange system or program systems analysts Task Group 14 tion U.S. Army
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Page 17 - ADP management functions from the Office of Management and Budget to the General Services Administration.
Page 30 - As shown by our study, good documentation prevents waste and unnecessary costs in many ways — by making program modifications feasible, by making redesigns easier, by making internal controls work better, by facilitating the work of auditors, and in a host of other ways, including making programs usable by others.
Page 8 - In one case documentation explaining the objectives of the computer system was not prepared by the systems analyst. Without this information, management could not adequately monitor the system's development. * * * the system did not accomplish the results originally intended by management . "In another case, inadequate documentation was cited as causing management to spend over a year to determine how the various programs in a complex system operated.
Page 45 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Bureau of Standards Washington, DC 20234 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 10 JUN 1974 Mr.
Page 3 - ... needs and scheduling computer utilization. Further, documentation provides for successful and cost effective sharing. The recently established Software Exchange program by ADTS provides for the sharing of computer programs developed by one organization for use by another organization on a similar task. Documentation of programs and systems must be adequate to enable the secondary user to understand the program capabilities, peculiarities, and limits in order to determine whether the program meets...
Page 3 - ... the operations personnel with the specifications and requirements essential to planning hardware/software needs and scheduling computer utilization. Further, documentation provides for successful and cost effective sharing. The recently established Software Exchange program by ADTS provides for the sharing of computer programs developed by one organization for use by another organization on a similar task. Documentation of programs and systems must be adequate to enable the secondary user to...
Page 3 - ... developed by one organization for use by another organization on a similar task. Documentation of programs and systems must be adequate to enable the secondary user to understand the program capabilities, peculiarities, and limits in order to determine whether the program meets the needs stipulated. Secondary users also need good documentation to understand how to run the program and to make any necessary modifications. In addition to the Software Exchange program, GSA has recently established...