Essentials of Software Engineering, 4th Edition

CHAPTER 7: Design: Architecture and Methodology

OBJECTIVES

• Understand the differences between architectural and detailed design.

• Gain knowledge of common software architectural styles, tactics, and reference architectures.

• Gain knowledge of basic techniques for detailed design, including functional decomposition, relational database design, and object-oriented design.

• Understand the basic issues involved in user-interface design.

7.1 Introduction to Design

Once the requirements of a project are understood, the transformation of requirements into a design begins. The requirements addressed the “What?” (what the system is supposed to do, what are the constrains, etc.), and now design addresses the “How?” (how the system is decomposed ...