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Overall Description
2.1 Product perspective
2.2 Product functions
2.3 User classes and characteristics
2.4 Operating environment
2.5 User environment
2.6 Design/implementation constraints
2.7 Assumptions and dependencies
System Features
4.1 System feature A
4.1.1 Description and priority
4.1.2 Action/result
4.1.3 Functional requirements
4.2 System feature B
6. What are the three main areas where interface design is focused?
Ans.
The interface design focuses on three important areas:
The design of interfaces between software modules
The design of interfaces between the software and other external entities, such as non-
human producers and consumers of information
The design of the interface between the user and the computer
7. Name the four Interface design models that provide a human-computer interface (HCI).
Ans.
There are four Interface design models that provide a HCI:
Design model
User model
System perception model or user's model
System image model
8. What is the difference between integrated help and add-on help?
Ans.
Integrated help facility is designed into the software from the beginning, and it is often context
sensitive, enabling the user to select from those topics that are relevant to the actions currently
being performed. It provides a very quick help for the user.
Add-on help facility is added to the software after system has been built. It is an on-line user's
manual with limited query capabilities.
10. Name any two graphical design notations used in procedural design.
Ans.
The two graphical design notations used in procedural design are:
Flow chart
Box diagram
Solutions to Chapter Four Questions
1. What is internal documentation?
Ans.
Internal documentation is a descriptive material written directly with in the program, at a level
appropriate for a programmer.
2. What is a baseline?
Ans.
Baseline is a specification or product that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon, that
thereafter serves as the basis for further development, and that can be changed only through
formal change control procedure.