[Year 12 SofDev] Resource flows in a DFD

[Adrian Janson]

Hi Steven,

Thanks for that - it is really important for us to know this sort of stuff.
We are obviously constrained by the study design and need to teach all
aspects and content within it - but this sort of input is the type of which
'we' really need come time for the study design to be redesigned.

Cheers,
Adrian
 
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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Steven Bird
Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 9:44 AM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Resource flows in a DFD

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Adrian Janson
<janson.adrian.a at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
>  Hmmm... interesting.  I must confess that this is the first time that I
have
>  seen one.  In ways it makes a DFD a bit 'muddy' though - making it a mix
of
>  physical and logical elements.  Not sure if I like it.  I am not sure if
it
>  is industry standard - some others may know?

Data flow diagrams were part of the old "structured design" paradigm,
which isn't popular today.  Our introductory software engineering
subject at Melbourne University used to touch on data flow diagrams in
passing, until about 3 years ago...

Steven Bird
http://www.csse.unimelb.edu.au/~sb/
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