History
The principal stages of the development of SSADM were:
- 1980: Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) evaluate analysis and design methods.
- 1981: Learmonth & Burchett Management Systems (LBMS) method chosen from shortlist of five.
- 1983: SSADM made mandatory for all new information system developments
- 1984: Version 2 of SSADM released
- 1986: Version 3 of SSADM released, adopted by NCC
- 1988: SSADM Certificate of Proficiency launched, SSADM promoted as ‘open’ standard
- 1989: Moves towards Euromethod, launch of CASE products certification scheme
- 1990: Version 4 launched
- 1993: SSADM V4 Standard and Tools Conformance Scheme Launched
- 1995: SSADM V4+ announced, V4.2 launched
- 1998:PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY acquires LBMS
- 2000: CCTA renamed SSADM as "Business System Development". The method was repackaged into 15 modules and another 6 modules were added.
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