Engineering Design Software

The design phase of software development deals with transforming the customer requirements as described in the SRS documents into a form implementable using a programming language. The software design process can be divided into the following three levels of phases of design:

1. Interface Design
2. Architectural Design
3. Detailed Design

Elements of a System:

1. Architecture – This is the conceptual model that defines the structure, behavior, and views of a system. We can use flowcharts to represent and illustrate the architecture.
2. Modules – These are components that handle one specific task in a system. A combination of the modules makes up the system.
3. Components – This provides a particular function or group of related functions. They are made up of modules.
4. Interfaces – This is the shared boundary across which the components of a system exchange information and relate.
5. Data – This is the management of the information and data flow.