Structured Systems Design

Course Overview

This course is designed for analysts, designers and developers who need to understand the design process. Development team managers who will manage the design process should also attend.

Skills Gained

After completing the course, delegates will be able to apply these design techniques:

• Relational Data Analysis
• Entity Life Histories
• Update Process Design
• Enquiry Process Design
• Design Prototyping
• Facilitated Workshops
• Design Reviews

Prerequisites

Some understanding of systems development gained in either an analyst/designer or programmer role. An understanding of entity modelling and functional analysis. Attendance on our Business Systems Analysis course would provide the ideal pre-requisite.

Course Outline

• Data Normalisation
• Underlying principles
• First, Second, Third Normal Forms
• Normalised Data Model
• Optimised Database Design
• Entity Life Histories
• Event analysis
• Jackson notation
• ELH construction
• Operations
• Update Process Design
• Effect correspondence diagrams
• Update process models
• Operations and conditions
• Testing
• Enquiry Process Design
• Enquiry access paths
• Enquiry process models
• Operations and conditions
• Testing
• Facilitated Workshops
• Workshop principles
• Preparation
• Running a workshop
• Follow up
• Design Prototypes
• Function specification
• Screen layout
• Prototype development
• Review with user