Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Abstract
• Introduction
• The WaterSluice
  • Four Fundamental Phases
    • The Analysis Phase
      • Things
      • Actions
      • States
      • Typical Scenarios
      • Atypical Scenarios
      • Incomplete and Non-Monotonic Requirements
    • The Design Phase
      • Architecture
      • Implementation Plan
      • Critical Priority Analysis
      • Performance Analysis
      • Test Plan
    • The Implementation Phase
      • Critical Error Removal
    • Testing
      • Regression Test
      • Internal Testing
      • Unit Testing
      • Application Testing
      • Stress Testing
  • How the WaterSluice Methodology Works
    • Introduction
    • The Process
      • Proof of Principle Stage
      • Prototype Stage
      • Alpha and Beta Release Stage
      • Product
  • Why It Works
  • Why It Does Not Work
  • Supporting Foundations
    • Story Board
    • Documentation
    • Change Order Control
    • Versions
    • The Supporting Engineering Environment
      • People
      • Tools
      • Strategies
      • Measurements
      • Control
• Some Established Methodologies
  • Classical Waterfall Methodology
    • Why It Works
    • Why It Does Not Work
  • Spiral Methodology
    • Why It Works
    • Why It Does Not Work
• Enabling Paradigms
  • Abstraction
    • Enterprise View
    • Information View
    • Computational View
    • Infrastructure View
    • Technology View
  • Refinement
  • Composition and Decomposition
• Theory
  • Search Background
  • Waterfall
  • Spiral
  • WaterSluice
  • Static Completeness
  • Dynamic Completeness of the WaterSluice Methodology
  • Dynamic Non-Completeness of the Waterfall Methodology
  • Dynamic Completeness of the Spiral Methodology
  • Sub-optimal Solution for the Spiral Methodology
  • Performance
• Example Requirement Document
  • General Requirements
  • Elements
    • Playing cards
    • Players
    • Poker Chips
    • Table
    • Additional considerations
  • Action
    • Set Up
    • Ante
    • The Deal
    • The Play
    • Five Card Draw Details
    • The Rank of Poker Hands
    • Alternative Rank of Poker Hands
    • The Rules of Betting
  • State
    • General State (usually modified between hands)
    • Hand Specific State (modified by appropriate state)
  • Typical Scenarios
    • Betting
    • Winner Determination
  • Atypical Scenarios
    • Table stakes
    • Winner Determination
• Requirement Document for Network Operating System (NOS)
  • Introduction
  • Goals
    • Simple
    • High Availability
    • Support Change
    • Support Longevity
    • Legacy Support
    • Local Machine Autonomy
  • Components: Things and Actions
    • Universal Unique Identity (UUID)
    • Principal
    • Authentication
    • Authorization
    • Data Privacy
    • Process Management
    • Network Binary
    • Distributed File System
    • Disk Space Management
    • NOS CPU Scheduling
    • System Commands and Shell
    • Run Time Library Support
    • Memory Management
    • I/O and Peripheral Device Management
    • Networking
    • Time
    • Transaction
    • Distributed Locks
  • States
  • Typical Scenarios
    • Day to Day
    • Machine Setup
    • User Setup
    • Service Setup
    • NOS Setup
    • Peripheral Device Setup
    • NOS development
  • Atypical Scenarios
    • Bring the NOS Down
    • Remove a Machine or Service
• Glossary
• Acronym Key
• References
• Index
• About this document ...