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Structured Analysis & Design

OVERVIEW

This course presents the principles of traditional structured analysis and design for specifying the requirements and design of software systems. Students learn how to construct a logical (or essential) model of a proposed software system. Students then learn how to transition into a physical (or implementation) model which specifies how the required computer programs are to be constructed. This course is based on industry-standard techniques.

Structured Analysis & Design may be presented as a one-day management overview, a three-day seminar or a five-day workshop. Seminars and Workshops incorporate hands-on exercises and work-sessions. Workshops may incorporate a client's application as a case study.

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:

Formally specify software requirements
Build structured analysis and design models
Transition from analysis into design
Establish requirements traceability throughout the software life-cycle
Introduce structured techniques into existing projects
Select CASE tools to support structured techniques

KEY TOPICS

MOTIVATION FOR STRUCTURED ANALYSIS & DESIGN
THE STRUCTURED SOFTWARE LIFE-CYCLE
TRANSFORMING TEXTUAL REQUIREMENTS INTO AN ANALYSIS MODEL
CONTEXT, PROCESS & DATA MODELING
NORMALIZING THE DATA MODEL
ASSURING CONSISTENCY & COMPLETENESS OF MODELS
DOCUMENTING, REVIEWING & DELIVERING THE STRUCTURED ANALYSIS MODEL
TRANSITIONING TO DESIGN -- TRANSACTION AND TRANSFORM ANALYSIS
ALLOCATING TO PROCESSORS
CLIENT/SERVER ALLOCATIONS
ALLOCATING TO TASKS
COMPUTER PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS
DOCUMENTING, REVIEWING & DELIVERING THE DESIGN MODEL
TRANSITIONING TO CONSTRUCTION
MANAGING THE STRUCTURED DEVELOPMENT LIFE-CYCLE
CASE SUPPORT FOR STRUCTURED TECHNIQUES
RE-ENGINEERING EXISTING SYSTEMS WITH STRUCTURED TECHNIQUES
PROJECT MANAGEMENT ISSUES

COURSE BENEFITS

Structured Analysis & Design techniques have been used by the software development community for over twenty years. They have a proven track record. In a five-year study, one of the most comprehensive studies of software development environments ever undertaken, a Japanese research team found that structured analysis & design techniques "can be mastered and memorized very easily." The study found these techniques to be the most effective of those evaluated. (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 5.)

AUDIENCE

This course is intended for systems analysts, software designers and programmers and project management personnel.

HANDS-ON WORKSESSIONS

Seminars and Workshops incorporate hands-on exercises and worksessions. A Publishing Management System is used as an in-depth case study. Workshops may incorporate client's application as a case study.

PRESENTATION

Lecture with worksessions.
Overview 1 Day
Seminar 3 Days
Workshop 5 Days

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Seminars & Workshops On-Site Presentations Structured Analysis & Design