Chapter 12: Design Concepts

In your own words, what is Software Design?

In software quality guidelines and attributes, what are the three characteristics that serve as a guide for the evaluation of a good design?

Name and describe the 5 quality attributes a design should have.

Describe the elements of the design model.

Name each Fundamental Design Concepts based on their definitions:

a. ___________________: Considering the components on an abstract level, neglecting the implication details; Two types: Procedural and Data.

b. ___________________: The overall structure of the software.

c. ___________________: Top-down design strategy used to take the system to a more detailed level of abstraction; Process of elaboration.

d. ___________________: Taking a complex problem and subdividing it into pieces that can be more easily handled and solved.

e. ___________________: A manifestation of Separation of Concerns; separate into modules.

f. ___________________: The designing of modules so that the algorithms and local data contained within them are inaccessible to other modules

g. ___________________: Modules that have a "single-minded" function and an aversion to excessive interaction with other modules

h. ___________________: Proven design solutions.

i. ___________________: Isolation of each concern (requirement) so that it can be considered independently.

j. ___________________: A reorganization technique that simplifies the design; examining the program for code redundancy, poorly or unnecessary code, or any other design failure.