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'''Structured systems analysis and design method (SSADM)''' (originally released as ''methodology'') is a systems approach to the analysis and design of information systems. SSADM was produced for the [[Office of Government Commerce|Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (now Office of Government Commerce)]], a [[UK government]] office concerned with the use of technology in government, from 1980 onwards.

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SSADM is a [[Waterfall model|waterfall method]] for the analysis and design of [[information systems]]. SSADM can be thought to represent a pinnacle of the rigorous document-led approach to system design, and contrasts with more contemporary [[Agile software development|agile]] methods such as [[Dynamic Systems Development Method|DSDM]] or [[Scrum (development)|Scrum]].