IN the field of software development for the most part the documentation is neglected. Many programs have become permanent construction sites, because the functionality contained has never been laid down in detail, and further developments turn out to be more and more difficult.

THE costs and the loss of productivity due to the currently prevailing approach towards the documentation of programming requirements are huge.

THE reasons which are given for the lacking documentation are often economic ones. Documentation costs time and money. Moreover, the currently known methods cause high costs for training and software equipment for each employee. For this reason documentation is frequently dispensed with.