Software Design A Comprehensive Guide to Software Development Projects

System Administrator Help Pages — Security Administrator Help Pages — Context-Sensitive Help — 15. Establishing the Software Design — Introduction — Objectives of Establishing the Software Design — Methodologies for Documenting the Design — Flowcharts — SSADM — Entity Relationship Diagrams — Data Flow Diagrams — Context Diagram — Structure Chart — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Software Engineering Standards — Object Oriented Methodology — Unified Modeling Language — Class Diagrams — Use Cases — Sequence Diagrams — State Charts — Activity Diagrams — Component Diagrams — Deployment Diagrams — Agile Methods — Planguage — My Understanding of the Present Set of Tools for Capturing Software Design — Engineering Drawings — 16. Quality Assurance in Software Design — Introduction to Quality — What Is Quality? — Specifications — Definition of Quality from the Standpoint of the Provider — Quality and Reliability — Four Dimensions of Quality — Techniques of Quality Assurance — Managerial Reviews — Audits — Conformance Audits and Investigative Audits — Vertical Audits versus Horizontal Audits — Periodic Audits versus Phase-End Audits — Internal Audits versus External Audits — Validation — Quality Assurance of Software Design — Validation of Software Designs — Defect Prevention in Software Design — Audits of Software Design — 17. Engineering Drawings for Establishing Software Design — Introduction — Utility of Drawings in Work Execution — 18. Handling Software Design Projects — Introduction — Attributes of a Project — Execute the Project — Configuration Management during Software Design — Quality Management during Software Design — Productivity Management in Software Design — Integrating the Deliverable — Close the Project — Appendix A: Creativity and Innovation for Software Designers