Tag Archives: analysis

Review – Structured Systems Analysis: Tools and Techniques

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Bill Wake

Structured Systems Analysis: Tools and Techniques. Chris Gane and Trish Sarson. Prentice Hall, 1979. This is one of the classic books on systems analysis: data flow diagrams, data dictionary, and so on appear. It does a decent job explaining these … Continue reading →

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Review – Exploring Requirements

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Bill Wake

Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design, Donald C. Gause and Gerald M. Weinberg. 1989, Dorset House.This book is an exploration not just of gathering requirements, including the challenges of ambiguity. The authors describe how to clarify expectations by using functions, attributes, constraints, … Continue reading →

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Review – Requirements by Collaboration

Posted on September 16, 2005 by Bill Wake

Requirements by Collaboration, Ellen Gottesdiener. ISBN 0-201-78606-0. Addison-Wesley, 2002.Workshops are an effective place to capture requirements – getting the right people in the room, working together well, they can reach important agreements about what is needed. This book focuses mostly … Continue reading →

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Analysis Objective: Z39.50 Search System

Posted on January 26, 2000 by Bill Wake

A standard-based search system. Continue reading →

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Analysis Objective: Object Analysis for the Envision Publication Database

Posted on July 14, 1999 by Bill Wake

The object model for the Envision database of scientific literature. Continue reading →

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Analysis Objective: Training System

Posted on September 22, 1997 by Bill Wake

A first-cut analysis and high-level design of a computer-based instruction system. Continue reading →

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