The authors outline a systematic method for rapid software production through the family-oriented abstraction, specification, and translation (FAST) process. FAST uses practical domain engineering to decrease the time and effort necessary to develop, deliver, and maintain software. Any software development projects using C, C++, or Java can incorporate the FAST model. The CD-ROM contains a FAST PASTA browser and a simulator for a floating weather station. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
David M. Weiss is the Director of the Software Production Research Department at Avaya Laboratories. His technical work has evolved into the invention of processes that incorporate ideas from families, design for change, measurement, precise specification, and technology transfer. The result has been a software production process based on family-oriented abstraction, specification, and translation, known as FAST.
Chi Tau Robert Lai is founder of the International Software Process Constellation, Inc., which is an industry leader in process engineering and software automation.