title: IEEE Software Standards
body: <p>The IEEE has a long list of standards for almost every step within the software engineering process. How many of you have seen a reference to such standards in the documentation you read?</p>
  
  <p>I think the idea of combining the suggestions from many veterans is a good thing, but I have the feeling that not many projects ever quote not even one single of those documents. Maybe only the huge ones?</p>
  
  <p>Since the standards are paid, I do not expect to ever see them quoted from open source applications. My question is directed to those of you working with proprietary source code.</p>