LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES

Software Design Description

Signature....................................................................................................................................................................................2
Change History..........................................................................................................................................................................3
Preface........................................................................................................................................................................................4
Table of Contents.......................................................................................................................................................................5
List of Figures............................................................................................................................................................................6
List of Tables..............................................................................................................................................................................7
1. Introduction...........................................................................................................................................................................8
1.1. Purpose............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
1.2. Scope................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
1.3. Definitions and Acronyms................................................................................................................................................................ 8
2. References..............................................................................................................................................................................9
3. Decomposition Description.................................................................................................................................................10
3.1. Module Decomposition..................................................................................................................................................................10
3.1.1. Module 1 Description............................................................................................................................................................ 10
3.1.2. Module 2 Description............................................................................................................................................................ 10
3.2. Concurrent Process Decomposition................................................................................................................................................10
3.2.1. Process 1 Description........................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2.2. Process 2 Description .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3. Data Decomposition....................................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3.1. Data Entity 1 Description..................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3.2. Data Entity 2 Description..................................................................................................................................................... 10
4. Dependency Description .....................................................................................................................................................11
4.1. Inter-module Dependencies............................................................................................................................................................ 11
4.2. Inter-process Dependencies............................................................................................................................................................ 11
4.3. Data Dependencies......................................................................................................................................................................... 11
5. Interface Description...........................................................................................................................................................12
5.1. Module Interface ........................................................................................................................................................................... 12
5.1.1. Module 1 Description............................................................................................................................................................ 12
5.1.2. Module 2 Description............................................................................................................................................................ 12
5.2. Process Interface ............................................................................................................................................................................ 12
5.2.1. Process 1 Description........................................................................................................................................................... 12
5.2.2. Process 2 Description........................................................................................................................................................... 12
6. Detailed Design....................................................................................................................................................................13
6.1. Module Detailed Design ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
6.1.1. Module 1 Detail.................................................................................................................................................................... 13
6.1.2. Module 2 Detail.................................................................................................................................................................... 13
6.2. Data Detailed Design......................................................................................................................................................................13
6.2.1. Data Entity 1 Detail ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
6.2.2. Date Entity 2 Detail.............................................................................................................................................................. 13
7. Appendices...........................................................................................................................................................................14
8. Index.....................................................................................................................................................................................15
9. Annexes.................................................................................................................................................................................16
9.1. Data flow diagram (optional).......................................................................................................................................................... 16
9.2. Class diagram................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
9.3. Use case realization (Sequence diagram / Communication diagram)..............................................................................................16
9.4. User interface design......................................................................................................................................................................16
9.5. Entity-relationship diagram............................................................................................................................................................ 16
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1. Introduction

1.1. Purpose

1.2. Scope

1.3. Definitions and Acronyms

1.4. References

1.5. Overview of the Document

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2. Decomposition Description

2.1. Use Case Diagram and Use Case Scenarios

2.2. Hierarchical Input Process Output

2.3. Module Decomposition

2.3.1. Module 1 Description

2.3.2. Module 2 Description

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3. Concurrent Process Decomposition

3.1.1. Process 1 Description

3.1.2. Process 2 Description

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4. Data Decomposition

4.1.1. Data Entity 1 Description

4.1.2. Data Entity 2 Description

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5. Dependency Description

5.1. Inter-module Dependencies

5.2. Inter-process Dependencies

5.3. Data Dependencies

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6. Architectural Design

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7. Data Structure Design

7.1. Data Flow Diagram

7.1.1. Data Flow Description

7.1.2. Data Store Description

7.1.3. Data Structure Description

7.2. Data Dictionary

7.3. Database Design

7.4. Class Diagram

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8. Interface Description

8.1. Sequence Diagram

8.2. Module Interface

8.2.1. Module 1 Description

8.2.2. Module 2 Description

8.3. Process Interface

8.3.1. Process 1 Description

8.3.2. Process 2 Description

8.4. Input Design

8.5. Output Design

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9. Detailed Design

9.1. Module Detailed Design

9.1.1. Input/Output Analysis

9.1.2. Process Specifications

9.2. Data Detailed Design

9.2.1. Data Dictionary

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10. Help System Design

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11. Deployment Design

11.1.1. Deployment Diagram

11.1.2. Deployment Stages

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12. Appendices

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13. Index

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