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ISO 6592-1985
Australian Standard
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Information processing—Guidelines
for the documentation of computer-
based application systems
This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee IT/9, Information Systems—
Vocabulary and Software. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards
Australia on 12 December 1990 and published on 28 March 1991.
AUSTEL
Australian Bankers Association
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Chamber of Manufactures
Attorney-Generals Department
CSIRO, Institute of Information and Communications Technologies
Department of Defence
Department of Finance
Telecom Australia
Universities and Colleges
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AS 3876—1991
Australian Standard
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Information processing—Guidelines
for the documentation of computer-
based application systems
PREFACE
CONTENTS
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2 Principles of documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Feasibility study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 System support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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7 System implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Annexes
1 Scope and field of application This International Standard does not cover the
requirements for documenting the hardware design of
This International Standard establishes guidelines for a computer-based application system.
the documentation of computer-based application
systems. It also contains checklists with the aim of
supporting effective activities throughout the system life 2 Principles of documentation
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