The document discusses several key concepts in software design: - Abstraction, architecture, patterns, modularity, information hiding, functional independence, stepwise refinement, and refactoring are design concepts that help structure a program. - The design process transforms an analysis model into four design models: data/class design, architectural design, user interface design, and component-level design. - The design model is more detailed than the analysis model and addresses progression, abstraction, and the relationship between elements.