This document discusses criteria for modularization in software design. It defines modules as named entities that contain instructions, logic, and data structures. Good modularization aims to decompose a system into functional units with minimal coupling between modules. Modules should be designed for high cohesion (related elements) and low coupling (dependencies). The types of coupling from strongest to weakest are content, common, control, stamp, and data coupling. The document also discusses different types of cohesion within modules from weakest to strongest. The goal is functional cohesion with minimal coupling between modules.
Language and Processors for Requirements Specificationkirupasuchi1996
This document discusses several languages and processors that have been developed for requirements specification in software development. It describes Problem Statement Language (PSL) and its processor, the Problem Statement Analyzer (PSA), which were developed to allow concise statement and automated analysis of requirements. It also discusses the Requirements Statement Language (RSL) and Requirements Engineering Validation System (REVS). Finally, it provides a brief overview of Structured Analysis and Design Technique (SADT), including its data and activity diagram components.
This document discusses several software design techniques: stepwise refinement, levels of abstraction, structured design, integrated top-down development, and Jackson structured programming. Stepwise refinement is a top-down technique that decomposes a system into more elementary levels. Levels of abstraction designs systems as layers with each level performing services for the next higher level. Structured design converts data flow diagrams into structure charts using design heuristics. Integrated top-down development integrates design, implementation, and testing with a hierarchical structure. Jackson structured programming maps a problem's input/output structures and operations into a program structure to solve the problem.
This document discusses various design notations that can be used at different levels of software design, including:
- Data flow diagrams, structure charts, HIPO diagrams, pseudo code, and structured flowcharts, which can be used for external, architectural, and detailed design specifications.
- Data flow diagrams use nodes and arcs to represent processing activities and data flow. Structure charts show hierarchical structure and interconnections. HIPO diagrams use a tree structure.
- Other notations discussed include procedure templates for interface specifications, pseudo code for algorithms and logic, and decision tables for complex decision logic.
This document discusses major factors that influence software cost estimation. It identifies programmer ability, product complexity, product size, available time, required reliability, and level of technology as key factors. It provides details on how each factor affects software cost, including equations to estimate programming time and effort based on variables like source lines of code and developer months. Program complexity is broken into three levels: application, utility, and system software. The document also discusses how underestimating code size and inability to compress development schedules can impact cost estimates.
This document discusses several software cost estimation techniques:
1. Top-down and bottom-up approaches - Top-down estimates system-level costs while bottom-up estimates costs of each module and combines them.
2. Expert judgment - Widely used technique where experts estimate costs based on past similar projects. It utilizes experience but can be biased.
3. Delphi estimation - Estimators anonymously provide estimates in rounds to reach consensus without group dynamics influencing individuals.
4. Work breakdown structure - Hierarchical breakdown of either the product components or work activities to aid bottom-up estimation.
The document discusses various aspects of planning and managing the software development process, including:
1) Developing a solution strategy and selecting a software life cycle model to provide a framework for the project.
2) Common software life cycle activities like planning, development, testing, and maintenance.
3) Using milestones, documents, and reviews to improve project visibility and management.
4) Organizing development tasks and teams using different structures like project, functional, and matrix formats.
The waterfall model segments the software development process into sequential phases: planning, requirements definition, design, implementation, system testing, and maintenance. Each phase has defined inputs, processes, and outputs. The planning phase involves understanding the problem, feasibility studies, and developing a solution. Requirements definition produces a specification describing the required software functions and constraints. Design identifies software components and their relationships. Implementation translates the design into code. System testing integrates and accepts the software. Maintenance modifies the software after release. While the phases are linear, the development process is not always perfectly sequential.
Language and Processors for Requirements Specificationkirupasuchi1996
This document discusses several languages and processors that have been developed for requirements specification in software development. It describes Problem Statement Language (PSL) and its processor, the Problem Statement Analyzer (PSA), which were developed to allow concise statement and automated analysis of requirements. It also discusses the Requirements Statement Language (RSL) and Requirements Engineering Validation System (REVS). Finally, it provides a brief overview of Structured Analysis and Design Technique (SADT), including its data and activity diagram components.
This document discusses several software design techniques: stepwise refinement, levels of abstraction, structured design, integrated top-down development, and Jackson structured programming. Stepwise refinement is a top-down technique that decomposes a system into more elementary levels. Levels of abstraction designs systems as layers with each level performing services for the next higher level. Structured design converts data flow diagrams into structure charts using design heuristics. Integrated top-down development integrates design, implementation, and testing with a hierarchical structure. Jackson structured programming maps a problem's input/output structures and operations into a program structure to solve the problem.
This document discusses various design notations that can be used at different levels of software design, including:
- Data flow diagrams, structure charts, HIPO diagrams, pseudo code, and structured flowcharts, which can be used for external, architectural, and detailed design specifications.
- Data flow diagrams use nodes and arcs to represent processing activities and data flow. Structure charts show hierarchical structure and interconnections. HIPO diagrams use a tree structure.
- Other notations discussed include procedure templates for interface specifications, pseudo code for algorithms and logic, and decision tables for complex decision logic.
This document discusses major factors that influence software cost estimation. It identifies programmer ability, product complexity, product size, available time, required reliability, and level of technology as key factors. It provides details on how each factor affects software cost, including equations to estimate programming time and effort based on variables like source lines of code and developer months. Program complexity is broken into three levels: application, utility, and system software. The document also discusses how underestimating code size and inability to compress development schedules can impact cost estimates.
This document discusses several software cost estimation techniques:
1. Top-down and bottom-up approaches - Top-down estimates system-level costs while bottom-up estimates costs of each module and combines them.
2. Expert judgment - Widely used technique where experts estimate costs based on past similar projects. It utilizes experience but can be biased.
3. Delphi estimation - Estimators anonymously provide estimates in rounds to reach consensus without group dynamics influencing individuals.
4. Work breakdown structure - Hierarchical breakdown of either the product components or work activities to aid bottom-up estimation.
The document discusses various aspects of planning and managing the software development process, including:
1) Developing a solution strategy and selecting a software life cycle model to provide a framework for the project.
2) Common software life cycle activities like planning, development, testing, and maintenance.
3) Using milestones, documents, and reviews to improve project visibility and management.
4) Organizing development tasks and teams using different structures like project, functional, and matrix formats.
The waterfall model segments the software development process into sequential phases: planning, requirements definition, design, implementation, system testing, and maintenance. Each phase has defined inputs, processes, and outputs. The planning phase involves understanding the problem, feasibility studies, and developing a solution. Requirements definition produces a specification describing the required software functions and constraints. Design identifies software components and their relationships. Implementation translates the design into code. System testing integrates and accepts the software. Maintenance modifies the software after release. While the phases are linear, the development process is not always perfectly sequential.
This document outlines the typical sections and contents of a software requirements specification (SRS). It discusses 12 common sections of an SRS, including an overview, development environments, external interfaces, functional requirements, performance requirements, exception handling, implementation priorities, foreseeable changes, acceptance criteria, design guidance, a cross-reference index, and a glossary. Key sections describe functional requirements using relational or state-oriented notation, performance characteristics like response times, and exception handling categories. The SRS should have properties like being correct, complete, consistent, unambiguous, functional, and verifiable.
The document discusses factors related to software project size and effort. It provides the following key points:
1) Software development and maintenance can account for a significant portion of economic activity, with estimates that it will account for 12.5% of the US GDP by 1990.
2) Most effort is spent on maintenance rather than development, with estimates that maintenance accounts for 60-90% of total effort.
3) Software project size is categorized based on factors like number of programmers, duration, lines of code, and interactions/complexity. These range from trivial single-programmer projects to extremely large projects involving thousands of programmers over 5-10 years.
4) A 1964 study found that programmers only spent
Defining the Problem - Goals and requirementsStephennancy
This document discusses goals and requirements in software engineering projects. It makes the following key points:
- Goals define targets for both the development process and final work products, and can be qualitative or quantitative. Examples of each type are given.
- Requirements specify the capabilities needed to solve the problem, and include functional, performance, and interface requirements. They provide standards for the project and product.
- Both goals and requirements should be specified quantitatively when possible to avoid later misunderstandings, though this can be difficult in the planning phase. Methods for verification should also be defined.
- High-level goals can be translated into specific requirements related to quality attributes like reliability. Milestones can quantify goals
The document discusses staffing level estimation over the course of a software development project. It describes how the number of personnel needed varies at different stages: a small group is needed for planning and analysis, a larger group for architectural design, and the largest number for implementation and system testing. It also references models like the Rayleigh curve and Putnam's interpretation that estimate personnel levels over time. Tables show estimates for the distribution of effort, schedule, and personnel across activities for different project sizes. The key idea is that staffing requirements fluctuate throughout the software life cycle, with peaks during implementation and testing phases.
source code metrics and other maintenance tools and techniquesSiva Priya
The document discusses two source code metrics: Halstead's effort equation and McCabe's cyclomatic complexity measure. Halstead's metrics are based on counts of operators, operands, unique operators, and unique operands in source code. McCabe's measure defines the complexity of a program's control flow graph based on the number of edges, nodes, and connected components. The document also mentions that software maintenance involves a range of activities from code modification to tracking complexity metrics over time.
This document discusses 15 factors that influence quality and productivity in software development processes: individual ability, team communication, product complexity, appropriate notations, systematic approaches, change control, level of technology, level of reliability, problem understanding, available time, required skills, facilities and resources, adequacy of training, management skills, and appropriate goals. Each factor is described in 1-3 paragraphs on how it can impact quality and productivity.
Real Time Systems,Issues of real time system,Notations, state oriented Petrinets,Milestones, Walkthroughs, Inspections, Test plans,Functional test,Performance test,Stress test,Structural test
The document discusses different structures for programming teams:
- Democratic structure where all members participate in decisions and leadership rotates.
- Chief programmer structure with one lead programmer who designs work and manages others.
- Hierarchical structure that combines aspects of the democratic and chief programmer models with levels like project leader, senior programmers, and junior programmers.
The structures vary in things like communication paths, decision making, and suitability for different types and sizes of projects.
Software maintenance typically requires 40-60% of the total lifecycle effort for a software product, with some cases requiring as much as 90%. A widely used rule of thumb is that maintenance activities are distributed as 60% for enhancements, 20% for adaptations, and 20% for corrections. Studies show the typical level of effort devoted to software maintenance is around 50% of the total lifecycle effort. Boehm suggests measuring maintenance effort using an activity ratio that considers the number of instructions added or modified over the total instructions. The effort required can then be estimated using programmer months based on the activity ratio and an effort adjustment factor. Emphasis on reliability during development can reduce future maintenance effort.
This document discusses various techniques for estimating software costs:
1. Expert judgment relies on experienced people's assessments but can be unreliable due to biases. The Delphi technique improves expert judgment by anonymously aggregating estimates over multiple rounds.
2. Work breakdown structures break projects down into components to estimate costs bottom-up. The COCOMO model also estimates bottom-up using algorithmic formulas adjusted by multipliers for attributes.
3. COCOMO is demonstrated through an example estimating effort of 191 person-months and a 13 month schedule for a 30,000 line embedded software project with high reliability requirements.
The document discusses several software development life cycle models:
- The phased model segments development into phases like analysis, design, implementation, testing and maintenance.
- The cost model views the life cycle in terms of costs incurred in each phase and modifying previous work.
- Prototyping involves building initial versions to explore technical issues and illustrate requirements for the customer.
- Successive versions refines an initial product skeleton through multiple iterations.
Planning the development process involves choosing a life cycle model and defining documents, milestones and reviews. This provides structure and visibility needed for control and quality.
Software maintenance involves modifying software after delivery to correct faults, improve performance, or adapt to changes. It aims to enhance understandability and modifiability. Key activities that improve maintainability are establishing standards, high-quality design and documentation, and configuration management to track changes. Successful maintenance requires managerial processes like change control boards to review requests and quality assurance to validate changes.
When a software program is modularized, there are measures by which the quality of a design of modules and their interaction among them can be measured. These measures are called coupling and cohesion.
This Presentation contains all the topics in design concept of software engineering. This is much more helpful in designing new product. You have to consider some of the design concepts that are given in the ppt
Formal Specification in Software Engineering SE9koolkampus
This document discusses formal specification techniques for software. It describes algebraic techniques for specifying interfaces as abstract data types and model-based techniques for specifying system behavior. Algebraic specifications define operations and their relationships, while model-based specifications represent the system state using mathematical constructs like sets and sequences. Formal specification finds errors earlier and reduces rework, though it requires more upfront effort. The document also provides an example of formally specifying an air traffic control system and insulin pump.
The Delphi technique was developed to gain expert consensus on estimates without group influence. It can be adapted for software cost estimation by having estimators provide anonymous estimates in rounds. A coordinator summarizes estimates between rounds and asks outliers to justify differences, iterating until consensus. A variation allows group discussion with the coordinator but maintains anonymous estimating to focus on variances. Additional information may be needed if consensus is not reached.
The document discusses key aspects of the software design process including that design is iterative and represented at a high level of abstraction, guidelines for quality design include modularity, information hiding, and functional independence, and architectural design defines system context and archetypes that compose the system.
The document discusses key concepts in software design, including:
- Design involves modeling the system architecture, interfaces, and components before implementation. This allows assessment and improvement of quality.
- Important design concepts span abstraction, architecture, patterns, separation of concerns, modularity, information hiding, and functional independence. Architecture defines overall structure and interactions. Patterns help solve common problems.
- Separation of concerns and related concepts like modularity and information hiding help decompose problems into independently designed and optimized pieces to improve manageability. Functional independence means each module has a single, well-defined purpose with minimal interaction.
Unit testing is often automated but it can also be done manually. Debugging is a process of line by line execution of the code/ script with the intent of finding errors/ fixing the defects.
The document discusses criteria for modularization in software design. It defines modules as named entities that can contain instructions, processing logic, and data structures. Modularization aims to minimize coupling between modules and maximize cohesion within modules. Strong coupling like content coupling is undesirable, while data and stamp coupling are more desirable. Cohesion within a module is best when elements are functionally related to a single function. Additional criteria for modularization include hiding design decisions and isolating machine dependencies.
The document discusses key concepts in software architecture and design such as control hierarchy, structural partitioning, data structures, software procedures, information hiding, cohesion, and coupling. It provides examples and definitions for each concept. Structural partitioning can be horizontal, dividing a system into input, processing, and output, or vertical, distributing control and work top-down. Information hiding and cohesion aim to decompose a solution into well-defined modules that each perform a single task. Coupling measures the interconnections between modules.
This document outlines the typical sections and contents of a software requirements specification (SRS). It discusses 12 common sections of an SRS, including an overview, development environments, external interfaces, functional requirements, performance requirements, exception handling, implementation priorities, foreseeable changes, acceptance criteria, design guidance, a cross-reference index, and a glossary. Key sections describe functional requirements using relational or state-oriented notation, performance characteristics like response times, and exception handling categories. The SRS should have properties like being correct, complete, consistent, unambiguous, functional, and verifiable.
The document discusses factors related to software project size and effort. It provides the following key points:
1) Software development and maintenance can account for a significant portion of economic activity, with estimates that it will account for 12.5% of the US GDP by 1990.
2) Most effort is spent on maintenance rather than development, with estimates that maintenance accounts for 60-90% of total effort.
3) Software project size is categorized based on factors like number of programmers, duration, lines of code, and interactions/complexity. These range from trivial single-programmer projects to extremely large projects involving thousands of programmers over 5-10 years.
4) A 1964 study found that programmers only spent
Defining the Problem - Goals and requirementsStephennancy
This document discusses goals and requirements in software engineering projects. It makes the following key points:
- Goals define targets for both the development process and final work products, and can be qualitative or quantitative. Examples of each type are given.
- Requirements specify the capabilities needed to solve the problem, and include functional, performance, and interface requirements. They provide standards for the project and product.
- Both goals and requirements should be specified quantitatively when possible to avoid later misunderstandings, though this can be difficult in the planning phase. Methods for verification should also be defined.
- High-level goals can be translated into specific requirements related to quality attributes like reliability. Milestones can quantify goals
The document discusses staffing level estimation over the course of a software development project. It describes how the number of personnel needed varies at different stages: a small group is needed for planning and analysis, a larger group for architectural design, and the largest number for implementation and system testing. It also references models like the Rayleigh curve and Putnam's interpretation that estimate personnel levels over time. Tables show estimates for the distribution of effort, schedule, and personnel across activities for different project sizes. The key idea is that staffing requirements fluctuate throughout the software life cycle, with peaks during implementation and testing phases.
source code metrics and other maintenance tools and techniquesSiva Priya
The document discusses two source code metrics: Halstead's effort equation and McCabe's cyclomatic complexity measure. Halstead's metrics are based on counts of operators, operands, unique operators, and unique operands in source code. McCabe's measure defines the complexity of a program's control flow graph based on the number of edges, nodes, and connected components. The document also mentions that software maintenance involves a range of activities from code modification to tracking complexity metrics over time.
This document discusses 15 factors that influence quality and productivity in software development processes: individual ability, team communication, product complexity, appropriate notations, systematic approaches, change control, level of technology, level of reliability, problem understanding, available time, required skills, facilities and resources, adequacy of training, management skills, and appropriate goals. Each factor is described in 1-3 paragraphs on how it can impact quality and productivity.
Real Time Systems,Issues of real time system,Notations, state oriented Petrinets,Milestones, Walkthroughs, Inspections, Test plans,Functional test,Performance test,Stress test,Structural test
The document discusses different structures for programming teams:
- Democratic structure where all members participate in decisions and leadership rotates.
- Chief programmer structure with one lead programmer who designs work and manages others.
- Hierarchical structure that combines aspects of the democratic and chief programmer models with levels like project leader, senior programmers, and junior programmers.
The structures vary in things like communication paths, decision making, and suitability for different types and sizes of projects.
Software maintenance typically requires 40-60% of the total lifecycle effort for a software product, with some cases requiring as much as 90%. A widely used rule of thumb is that maintenance activities are distributed as 60% for enhancements, 20% for adaptations, and 20% for corrections. Studies show the typical level of effort devoted to software maintenance is around 50% of the total lifecycle effort. Boehm suggests measuring maintenance effort using an activity ratio that considers the number of instructions added or modified over the total instructions. The effort required can then be estimated using programmer months based on the activity ratio and an effort adjustment factor. Emphasis on reliability during development can reduce future maintenance effort.
This document discusses various techniques for estimating software costs:
1. Expert judgment relies on experienced people's assessments but can be unreliable due to biases. The Delphi technique improves expert judgment by anonymously aggregating estimates over multiple rounds.
2. Work breakdown structures break projects down into components to estimate costs bottom-up. The COCOMO model also estimates bottom-up using algorithmic formulas adjusted by multipliers for attributes.
3. COCOMO is demonstrated through an example estimating effort of 191 person-months and a 13 month schedule for a 30,000 line embedded software project with high reliability requirements.
The document discusses several software development life cycle models:
- The phased model segments development into phases like analysis, design, implementation, testing and maintenance.
- The cost model views the life cycle in terms of costs incurred in each phase and modifying previous work.
- Prototyping involves building initial versions to explore technical issues and illustrate requirements for the customer.
- Successive versions refines an initial product skeleton through multiple iterations.
Planning the development process involves choosing a life cycle model and defining documents, milestones and reviews. This provides structure and visibility needed for control and quality.
Software maintenance involves modifying software after delivery to correct faults, improve performance, or adapt to changes. It aims to enhance understandability and modifiability. Key activities that improve maintainability are establishing standards, high-quality design and documentation, and configuration management to track changes. Successful maintenance requires managerial processes like change control boards to review requests and quality assurance to validate changes.
When a software program is modularized, there are measures by which the quality of a design of modules and their interaction among them can be measured. These measures are called coupling and cohesion.
This Presentation contains all the topics in design concept of software engineering. This is much more helpful in designing new product. You have to consider some of the design concepts that are given in the ppt
Formal Specification in Software Engineering SE9koolkampus
This document discusses formal specification techniques for software. It describes algebraic techniques for specifying interfaces as abstract data types and model-based techniques for specifying system behavior. Algebraic specifications define operations and their relationships, while model-based specifications represent the system state using mathematical constructs like sets and sequences. Formal specification finds errors earlier and reduces rework, though it requires more upfront effort. The document also provides an example of formally specifying an air traffic control system and insulin pump.
The Delphi technique was developed to gain expert consensus on estimates without group influence. It can be adapted for software cost estimation by having estimators provide anonymous estimates in rounds. A coordinator summarizes estimates between rounds and asks outliers to justify differences, iterating until consensus. A variation allows group discussion with the coordinator but maintains anonymous estimating to focus on variances. Additional information may be needed if consensus is not reached.
The document discusses key aspects of the software design process including that design is iterative and represented at a high level of abstraction, guidelines for quality design include modularity, information hiding, and functional independence, and architectural design defines system context and archetypes that compose the system.
The document discusses key concepts in software design, including:
- Design involves modeling the system architecture, interfaces, and components before implementation. This allows assessment and improvement of quality.
- Important design concepts span abstraction, architecture, patterns, separation of concerns, modularity, information hiding, and functional independence. Architecture defines overall structure and interactions. Patterns help solve common problems.
- Separation of concerns and related concepts like modularity and information hiding help decompose problems into independently designed and optimized pieces to improve manageability. Functional independence means each module has a single, well-defined purpose with minimal interaction.
Unit testing is often automated but it can also be done manually. Debugging is a process of line by line execution of the code/ script with the intent of finding errors/ fixing the defects.
The document discusses criteria for modularization in software design. It defines modules as named entities that can contain instructions, processing logic, and data structures. Modularization aims to minimize coupling between modules and maximize cohesion within modules. Strong coupling like content coupling is undesirable, while data and stamp coupling are more desirable. Cohesion within a module is best when elements are functionally related to a single function. Additional criteria for modularization include hiding design decisions and isolating machine dependencies.
The document discusses key concepts in software architecture and design such as control hierarchy, structural partitioning, data structures, software procedures, information hiding, cohesion, and coupling. It provides examples and definitions for each concept. Structural partitioning can be horizontal, dividing a system into input, processing, and output, or vertical, distributing control and work top-down. Information hiding and cohesion aim to decompose a solution into well-defined modules that each perform a single task. Coupling measures the interconnections between modules.
Coupling refers to the interdependence between software modules. There are several types of coupling from loose to tight, with the tightest being content coupling where one module relies on the internal workings of another. Cohesion measures how strongly related the functionality within a module is, ranging from coincidental to functional cohesion which is the strongest. Tight coupling and low cohesion can make software harder to maintain and reuse modules.
Modularity is achieved by dividing software into modules. Good modularity is characterized by high cohesion and low coupling. Cohesion refers to how related the elements within a module are, with functional cohesion being the best. Coupling refers to interdependence between modules, with data coupling being the best. The document discusses different types of cohesion and coupling and how to design modules for high cohesion and low coupling.
The document discusses key concepts in software design such as abstraction, stepwise refinement, modularity, coupling, and cohesion. It explains that design is an iterative process that translates requirements into software components. Good design aims for loosely coupled modules with high cohesion, meaning interdependence between modules is minimized and elements within a module are tightly related. The document also outlines different types of coupling (data, content, common) and cohesion (coincidental, logical, temporal, etc.) and notes that tools like structure charts and structured flowcharts are used to design system structure.
The document discusses key concepts in software design including:
- Software design is an iterative process that translates requirements into a blueprint for constructing software through models.
- Models describe details like data structures, system architecture, interfaces and components.
- Design specifications include data, architectural, interface, procedural and component-level design.
- Fundamental concepts in design include abstraction, architecture, patterns, modularity, information hiding, and refinement.
The document discusses key concepts in software design including:
- Software design is an iterative process that translates requirements into a blueprint for constructing software through models.
- Models describe details like data structures, system architecture, interfaces and components.
- Design specifications include data, architectural, interface, procedural and component-level design.
- Fundamental concepts in design include abstraction, architecture, patterns, modularity, information hiding, and refinement.
The document discusses key concepts in software design including:
- Software design is an iterative process that translates requirements into a blueprint for constructing the software. Models are created to describe data structures, architecture, interfaces, and components.
- Design patterns, modularity, information hiding, and functional independence are fundamental concepts in software design. Architectural, interface, procedural, and data designs are created.
- Refinement is a top-down design strategy where procedural details are elaborated. Refactoring improves internal structure without changing external behavior.
The document discusses structured design methodology. It begins by explaining program structure and structure charts, which graphically represent the structure of a program using boxes for modules and arrows for connections between modules. It then covers the steps in structured design, which include drawing a data flow diagram to capture system data flows, identifying the most abstract inputs and outputs, and performing first level factoring to break the system into input, output, and transform modules based on the data flow diagram. The goal is to specify functional modules and connections that result in low coupling and high cohesion.
Software design is a critical phase in the development of any software application, playing a pivotal role in its success and long-term sustainability.
The Impedance Mismatch in Integrated Engineering Design Systems is an issue in the Integration of commercial off the shelf (COTS) components.
This issue is a member of the Impedance Mismatch
problems found when commercial off the shelf
components are assembled into systems.
This mismatch occurs when event, control sequence,
or data semantics of two or more participating application
domains are mismatched.
During the system integration process the impedance
mismatch must be addressed through some means,
either through an integration layer which hides the
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The document describes key components of software design including data design, architectural design, interface design, and procedural design. It discusses the goals of the design process which are to implement requirements, create an understandable guide for code generation and testing, and address implementation from data, functional, and behavioral perspectives. The document also covers concepts like abstraction, refinement, modularity, program structure, data structures, software procedures, information hiding, and cohesion and coupling.
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This document outlines key concepts in software design, including:
- The three types of design activities are external, architectural, and detailed design.
- Fundamental design concepts include abstraction, information hiding, structure, modularity, concurrency, verification, and aesthetics.
- Modules should have loose coupling and high cohesion. Design notations include data flow diagrams and structure charts.
The document discusses software design and implementation. It describes the design phase as involving high-level architectural design to develop the overall structure of a software program, and low-level detailed design to develop specific algorithms and data structures. The implementation phase includes activities like constructing software components, testing, developing prototypes, training, and installing the system. Good design principles include modularity, low coupling between modules, and high cohesion within modules.
Software design is the process of transforming user requirements into a suitable form for programmers to use for coding and implementation. It is the first step in the software development life cycle and moves the focus from understanding user needs to determining technical solutions. The output of software design can be directly used for programming. Software design yields three levels of results - architectural design, high-level design, and detailed design - which break the system down into more specific components and their interactions. Modularization, concurrency, coupling, and cohesion are important concepts in software design. Verification of the software design output is important before implementation to detect any issues early.
Function-oriented design views a system as modules with clearly defined behaviors that interact to meet requirements. It discusses various design methodologies including structured design methodology which involves identifying inputs/outputs and transformations, and factoring modules into submodules. Design quality can be evaluated using metrics related to cohesion, coupling, complexity, and information flow.
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This document discusses modularity and coupling in software engineering. It defines that programs are comprised of components that communicate to achieve program goals. Component size can vary, but should generally be 5-9 statements to fit in human working memory. Modularity partitions a system into components to improve design, maintenance, testing and more. Coupling describes the interaction between components, with loose/weak coupling like data coupling being preferred over tight/strong coupling like content coupling. The document provides examples to illustrate different types of coupling and how modularity improves software engineering.
The document discusses several key concepts in software design engineering including abstraction, architecture, modularity, functional independence, hiding, refinement, and refactoring. Abstraction involves separating conceptual aspects from implementation details. Architecture defines the overall software structure and components. Modularity compartmentalizes data and functions. Refinement elaborates design details through stepwise decomposition. Refactoring reorganizes design to simplify it without changing external behavior.
Cohesion refers to how related the elements within a module are, with functional cohesion being the best where all elements contribute to a single task. Coupling indicates interdependence between modules, with data coupling being the best where modules communicate through parameters rather than sharing global data or control flow. High cohesion and loose coupling (data coupling) support readability and maintainability of software design. The document discusses different types of cohesion from coincidental to functional, and coupling from content to data.
The document discusses requirements engineering and software design processes. It describes the four phases of requirements engineering as feasibility study, requirements elicitation and analysis, requirements specification, and requirements validation. It also outlines the key phases of software design as architectural design, abstract specification, interface design, component design, data structure design, and algorithm design. Finally, it defines coupling and cohesion measures for evaluating relationships between modules, including different types of module coupling and cohesion.
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Modules and modularization criteria
1. MODULES AND MODULARIZATION
CRITERIA
R.Uma Selvi
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Applocations,
V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women(Autonomous)
Virudhunagar
2. MODULES AND MODULARIZATION CRITERIA
Architectural design has the goal of producing well-structured,
modular software system.
Software module can be a named entity
Characteristics
Modules contain instructions, processing login, and data
structures.
Modules can be separately compiled and stored in a library
Modules can be included in a program
Modules segments can be used by invoking a name and some
parameters
Modules can use other modules
3. Examples of modules
Procedures
Subroutines
Functions
Data abstraction groups
Utility groups
Concurrent processes
It allows designer to decompose system into functional
units.
Used to isolate machine dependencies.
improve the performance of a software product
Ease debugging, testing, integration etc.
4. Numerous criteria to guide the modularization of a system
Depending on criteria, different system structures may
result.
Conventional criteria in which each module & its
submodules correspond to a processing step in the execution
Data abstraction each module hides the representation
details of a major data structure.
Information hiding hides difficult or changeable design
decision
5. Each structure maximize cohesion of elements in each
module and minimize coupling between modules.
Two version of problem modeling
data structure match the problem structure and
the visible functions manipulate the data structure.
Modules form a network of communicating
processes where each process corresponds to a problem.
6. Goal of software design is to structure the software product
so that number & complexity of interconnections between
modules is minimized.
Strength of coupling between two modules is influenced by
interface
type of connection
types of communication.
Interface established by common control blocks, common
data block are more complex than interface established by
parameter lists passed between modules
Modification of a common data block or control block may
require modification of all routines that are coupled to that
block.
7. Interface communicating by parameters, modules can be modified
without having to modify the routines that use the modified
modules.
Communication between module involves passing of data, passing
elements of control etc.
Degree of coupling is lowest for data communication high for
control communication highest for modules that modify other
modules.
Coupling ranked on strongest(least desirable) to weakest (most
desirable).
8. TYPES OF COUPLING
Content Coupling
Common Coupling
Control Coupling
Stamp Coupling
Data Coupling
9. Content Coupling
Content coupling occurs when one module
modified local data values or instructions in another
module
Common Coupling
Modules are bound together by global data
structures.
Control Coupling
Control coupling involves passing control flags
between modules. So that one module controls the
sequence of processing steps in another module.
10. Stamp Coupling
Stamp coupling is similar to common coupling,
except that global data items are shared selectively
among routines that require the data
Data coupling
Data coupling involves the use of parameter lists
to pass data items between routines.
The most desirable form of coupling between modules
is a combination of stamp and data coupling
11. Cohesion
The internal cohesion of a module is measured in
terms of the strength of binding of elements within the
module.
Types (Weakest to strongest)
Coincidental Cohesion
Logical Cohesion
Temporal Cohesion
Communication Cohesion
Sequential Cohesion
Functional Cohesion
Informational Cohesion
12. Coincidental Cohesion
Coincidental cohesion occurs when the elements
within a module have no apparent relationship to one
another
Logical Cohesion
Logical cohesion implies some relationship among
the elements of the module
Ex:
In a module that performs all input and output
operations , or in a module that edit all data.
13. Temporal Cohesion
Modules with temporal cohesion exhibit many of
the same disadvantages as logically bound modules.
Ex: module that performs program initialization
Communication Cohesion
The elements of a module possessing
communicational cohesion refer to the same set of input
and/or output data
Ex: print and punch the output file is communicationally
bound.
14. Sequential Cohesion
Sequential cohesion of elements occurs when the
output of one element is the input for the next element.
Functional Cohesion
Functional cohesion is a strong, and hence
desirable, type of binding of elements in a module because
all elements are related to the performance of a single
function.
Informational Cohesion
It occurs when the module contains complex
data structure and several routines to manipulate the
data structures
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