The software design and development process should incorporate dynamic electronic books for tracking design to requirements and other traceability between the development phases. It should incorporate the dynamic nature of prototypes and design testing performed during the development of the specification. Consideration should be made for incorporating these active and living documents into the delivered specification product.
BCAG has been utilizing some of this technology in different portions of the airplane development process. These range from CAD/CAM/CAE tools for designing the structures, to the REDAR project where on-line access to all engineering drawings is available throughout the production facilities. We are looking at ways of transferring this technology into the software engineering field.