week 8

B2 Software solutions design

• Problem definition statements, to include: intended users, full summary of the problem to be solved, constraints, benefits, nature of interactivity, complexity of problem.

• Purpose and any other requirements as defined in a client brief.

• Features of software:

o description of main program tasks, input and output formats

o diagrammatic illustrations, to include screen layouts, user interfaces, navigation

o algorithms and processing stages, to include flowcharts, pseudocode and events

o data structures

o data storage

o control structures

o data validation

o error handling and reporting.

• Choice of language.

• List of pre-defined programs and/or code snippets.

• List of ready-made and/or original assets such as a digital animation, digital graphic, digital audio and video.

• Feedback from others to help refine alternative design ideas/prototypes and make decisions.

• Test plan with test data to include typical, extreme and erroneous data.

• Technical and design constraints, e.g. connectivity, memory storage, programming languages.

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