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Purpose To top of page

The purposes of Analysis & Design are:

  • To transform the requirements into a design of the system-to-be.
  • To evolve a robust architecture for the system.
  • To adapt the design to match the implementation environment, designing it for performance.

Relation to Other Disciplines To top of page

The Analysis & Design discipline is related to other disciplines, as follows:

  • The Requirements discipline provides the primary input for Analysis and Design.
     
  • The Implementation discipline provides the software component organization in the development environment
     
  • The Test discipline tests system designed during Analysis and Design.
     
  • The Project Management discipline plans the project, and each iteration (described in an Iteration Plan).
     

Related Book Content To top of page

For exercices, Cyber-Readings or further readings about the Analysis And Design Discipline, refer the the following book Chapter on the Yoopeedoo Web Site: Software Engineering Process - with the UPEDU, Chapter V: The Analysis and Design Discipline

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