Introduction to Analysis & Design

• Purpose
• Relation to Other Disciplines

Concepts

• Analysis Mechanisms
• Concurrency
• Deployment View
• Design and Implementation Mechanisms
• Distribution Patterns
• Events and Signals
• Layering
• Logical View
• Process View
• Representing Graphical User-Interfaces
• Representing Interfaces to External Systems
• Software Architecture
• Test-first Design
• Web Architecture Patterns

Purpose

The purposes of Analysis & Design are:

• To transform the requirements into a design of the system-to-be.
• To evolve a robust architecture for the system.
• To adapt the design to match the implementation environment, designing it for performance.

Relation to Other Disciplines

The Analysis & Design discipline is related to other disciplines, as follows:

• The Business Modeling discipline provides a organizational context for the system.
• The Requirements discipline provides the primary input for Analysis and Design.
• The Test discipline tests system designed during Analysis and Design.
• The Environment discipline develops and maintains the supporting artifacts that are used during Analysis and Design.
• The Project Management discipline plans the project, and each iteration (described in an Iteration Plan).

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