4. Software analysis and design tool
Software analysis and design is the intermediate stage,
which helps human-readable requirements to be
transformed into actual code.
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5. What is Context Diagram?
Context diagram shows the system boundaries, external entities that
interact with the system, and major information flows between entities
and the system.
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6. Cont.
Indicate the people, organization and systems which communicate with our system.
Show the data which our system receives from the outside world.
Show the data produced by the system and sent to the outside world.
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7. Cont.
Show the data which is shared by the system with the outside world.
Show the boundary between the system and the rest of the world.
It is also called level 0 DFD.
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8. Cont.
Level-0 DFD shows the system’s major processes, data flows, and data
stores at a high level of abstraction.
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9. Symbols used In context diagram
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process
Entity
Data flow