Structured systems analysis and design method: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:03, 3 May 2012

Revision as of 17:35, 3 May 2012

Line 33:

: This is the process of identifying, modeling and documenting the data requirements of the system being designed. The data are separated into entities (things about which a business needs to record information) and relationships (the associations between the entities).

; Data Flow Modeling

: This is the process of identifying, modeling and documenting how data moves around an information system. Data Flow Modeling examines processes (activities that transform data from one form to another), data stores (the holding areas for data), external entities (what sends data into a system or receives data from a system), and data flows (routes by which data can flow).

; Entity Behavior Modeling

: This is the process of identifying, modeling and documenting the events that affect each entity and the sequence in which these events occur.