SCOPING THE SYSTEM DESIGN

ADDITIONAL NOTES 4.1

Scoping the System Design
 Establish general information about the system
 Extract general design requirements from the
specification
 Summarize a written description of the system
(appropriate to the defined level of detail) in terms that
an outsider can understand
 – Application
 – Functionality
 – Interfaces
 – Behavior

ADDITIONAL NOTES 4.2

Scoping the System Design
(cont)

 Establish and summarize the main system

functions in a list
 Identify a first pass functional hierarchy
 Iterate the function list and hierarchy as
the design matures
 – Decompose to lower level functions
 – Allocate performance and other limiting
requirements to all functional levels
ADDITIONAL NOTES 4.3