Systems design
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Systems design is the process or art of defining the hardware and software architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a computer system to satisfy specified requirements. One could see it as the application of systems theory to computing. Some overlap with the discipline of systems analysis appears inevitable.
Prior to the standardization of hardware and software in the 1990s which resulted in the ability to build modular systems, systems design had a more crucial and respected role in the data processing industry. The increasing importance of software running on generic platforms have enhanced the discipline of software engineering at systems design's expense.
Object-oriented analysis and design methods are becoming the most widely used methods for system design. The UML has become the standard language used in Object-oriented analysis and design. It is widely used for modeling software systems and is increasingly used for designing non-software systems and organizations.
Processes and methods
URDAD, the Use-case/responsibility driven analysis and design method provides an algorithmic process for designing a system in a way which encourages good design principles.
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