Tuesday, November 4, 2008

System Design and Architecture


System design can be divided into Logical Design & Physical Design. Logical designing describes the structure & characteristics or features, like output, input, files, database & procedures. The physical design, which follows the logical design, actual software & a working system. There will be constraints like Hardware, Software, Cost, Time & Interfaces.

Major System Design Activities are
1. Database design

2. Program design
3. System & program test preparation
4. System Interface Specification
5. Documentation control