The

Specification
Process and
Products

Purpose of the Design Stage

Design is a meaningful engineering
representation of something that is to be
built. It can be traced to a customers
requirements and at the same time
assessed for quality against a set of
predefined criteria for good design.

Activities During Design

1. Designing forms (hard copy and computer displays)
and reports, which describe how data will appear to
users in system inputs and outputs.
2. Designing interfaces and dialogues, which describe
the pattern of interaction between system users and
software.
3. Designing logical databases, which describe a
standard structure for the database of a system that is
easy to implement in a variety of database
technologies.

Design documents and

deliverables
In case of designing forms and reports, design
specifications are the major deliverables and are
inputs to the system implementation phase.
Design specifications have three sections:
Narrative overview
Sample design
Testing and usability assessment