General Introduction Chapter 1: Application specific vs generic application Chapter 2: Setting Process Chapter 3: normative perspective Chapter 4: tabulated data vs algorithms Chapter 5: architecture of a software set Chapter 6: Planning for data preparation process Chapter 7: Production Data Chapter 8: data verification Chapter 9: validation of the generic application software Chapter 10: Validation of the specific application software Chapter 11: deployment and maintenance of a specific application Chapter 12: Conclusion Chapter 13: Glossary.