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6. Conciseness, Modularity, Simplicity and Traceability

verfasst von : Kevin MacG Adams

Erschienen in: Nonfunctional Requirements in Systems Analysis and Design

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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The design of systems and components during the design stage of the systems life cycle requires specific purposeful actions to ensure effective designs and viable systems. Designers are faced with a number of design concerns that they must embed into the design in every instance of thinking and documentation. Four of these concerns are addressed by the non-functional requirements for conciseness, modularity, simplicity, and traceability. Formal understanding of each of these non-functional requirements requires definitions, terms, and equations, as well as the ability to understand how to control their effect and measure their outcomes during system design endeavors.

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Titel: Conciseness, Modularity, Simplicity and Traceability
verfasst von: Kevin MacG Adams
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Nonfunctional Requirements in Systems Analysis and Design
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-18343-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-18344-2

Copyright-Jahr: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18344-2_6

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