[Year 12 SofDev] SRS operating environment

[Mark KELLY]

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?

And as for the wetware issue, I'd suggest any data store is one recorded in
some tangible fashion, which would exclude neurons...

I prefer to store nothing in my head.  It's not a safe and reliable place to
be.

On 25 March 2011 09:41, Matheson, Heath A <
Matheson.Heath.A at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> I’ve been thinking about this over this week as well.
>
> 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?
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Heath Matheson
>
>
>
> *From:* sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark KELLY
> *Sent:* Thursday, 24 March 2011 12:23 PM
> *To:* Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Year 12 SofDev] SRS operating environment
>
>
>
> A little itchy question. In the standard SRS template there is a section to
> describe the "operating environment".
>
> I'm assuming this is this meant to describe the *current* 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.
>
> Is that how you good folk interpret the "Operating Environment" SRS
> section?
>
> --
> Mark Kelly
> Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
> McKinnon Secondary College
> McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
> Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
> kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
>
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> All generalisations are false, except this one.
>
>
>
-- 
Mark Kelly
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au

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