Benefits of Using COMPAS

• It is designed to aid in the development of documentation. . .
• to aid in planning. . .
• scheduling. . .
• tracking of project progress. . .
• to support verification and validation of development products. . .
• and to provide metrics for use both in controlling the current project and in planning future projects.

• to reduce the complexity of document development,
• provide support for activities that ensure the quality of documentation,
• provide metrics for documentation and document-related processes,
• and provide control over the way documentation procedures are applied in the document life-cycle.

How COMPAS is used:

• Document Owner
  • Deliver document to COMPAS database
  • Schedule and announce technical review or inspection
  • Baseline document
  • Determine status of document
  • Review contents of document
  • Review MRs written against document
  • Resolve MRs
  • Modify document text and document attribute information
  • Maintain document notification list
  • Maintain links to related documents
  • Schedule and announce code inspection
• Developer or Tester
  • Search and determine which technical documents and process documents relate to your development or test function
  • Determine if document is baselined (chg_ctl status)
  • Organize and maintain WorkSpace Folders for frequently used documents
  • Add yourself to frequently used document notification lists
  • Reuse existing templates and document text
  • Browse information in documents
  • Determine if documents are current or correct
  • Enter MRs against documents
  • List reviews that are currently scheduled
  • Determine point of contact for questions on related development functions
• Project Manager
  • Setup new project and trackable work items in COMPAS
  • Use COMPAS to meet ISO 9001/9003 requirements
  • Maintain project process documents (See Developer role)
  • Get status reports and track status of project documents
  • Track reviews via review reports
  • Get MR reports and track MRs for project documents
  • Determine nature and status of MRs for project documents
  • Search and review information about functionally related documents
  • Generate and study review or inspection statistics
  • Assess process and product quality and productivity via data and statistics then update process documents
• Project Librarian
  • Assist in review coordination
  • Enter data from technical reviews
  • Enter data from code inspections
  • Update document data and status information
  • Monitor adherence to ISO control process and assist developers
  • Monitor MR flow
  • Assist in baselining documents

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