You're right about software having to fit existing hardware. My question was prompted by a case study I wrote where the equipment was old and manky and would need upgrading to run a modern new software system. Maybe I could just remove the bit about the incompetence of the hardware to simplify things?<br>
<br>And as for the wetware issue, I'd suggest any data store is one recorded in some tangible fashion, which would exclude neurons...<br><br>I prefer to store nothing in my head. It's not a safe and reliable place to be.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 March 2011 09:41, Matheson, Heath A <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Matheson.Heath.A@edumail.vic.gov.au">Matheson.Heath.A@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I’ve been thinking about this over this week as well.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I’m just wondering if I have been stuck in the past and still thinking of “systems development” (people, equipment etc) rather than “software development” (software to run a system). If we are looking at software requirements and analysis, could the hardware components have already been through the design phase?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">From the examples I’ve looked at this seems to be the case. The operating environment outlines the hardware that the software you are going to design operates on. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I have a question on DFD’s. If a person stores a database in their head (as can occur in some businesses), in a DFD is this still represented as a data storage?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Cheers,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Heath Matheson</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark KELLY<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 24 March 2011 12:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] SRS operating environment</span></p></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">A little itchy question. In the standard SRS template there is a section to describe the "operating environment".<br><br>I'm assuming this is this meant to describe the <b>current</b> environment and should not include any upgrades or additions that the new system would require. Such upgrades could only be determined during design, rather than during analysis.<br>
<br>Is that how you good folk interpret the "Operating Environment" SRS section?<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mark Kelly<br>Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>
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