[Year 12 SofDev] DFD - Processes

[Anthony Sullivan]

My class this year is having more trouble understanding DFD's then past years

In particular they seem to be reading too much into processes -they are often breaking down the data flow into far too many processes then I was expecting!!!

I do understand this is the case of a DFD  once you go through the levels (e.g. 2, 3, 4, etc.) but they are doing this on a Level 1 DFD

Is there a definition of a process (at level 1) that might be able to help me (and them)?

Anthony  Sullivan
Head of Information Technology


T: 03 9788 7796 | F: 03 9787 7646 | 20 Wooralla Drive, Mt. Eliza, Vic, 3930 | asullivan at tps.vic.edu.au | www.tps.vic.edu.au


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