[Year 12 SofDev] sofdev Digest, Vol 144, Issue 32

[Mark]

Actually. I was saying the *opposite*: VCE IT *should* follow the natural
processes of the real world.
Real SRS documents do *not* describe current/old systems, so a *VCE SRS
should not do it either*.

Also, people are still assuming that analysis must be of an existing
system. Why?
Please - anyone - provide *any *evidence that 'analysis' must be of an
*existing* system.
I maintain that SRS analysis involves the study of the requirements of the
system to be developed.
(Are people thinking of *system* analysis as they would *forensic* analysis
of hairs under a microscope?)

'Analysis' refers to the separation of an item into its constituent parts
for study.
This is done for a *proposed* system when the entire problem is broken down
into its parts, and its requirements are thereby identified.

Also, where is any evidence for the other side of the argument?
I have provided several examples from exams and the real world that
indicate that SRS diagrams illustrate the *new* system.
Where is the contrary evidence?
Most of what I am hearing is just assertions and assumptions.

Anyway, my piggy bank is empty : I have no more cents to spend on this
topic.

Mark


On 20 March 2017 at 19:24, Andrew Pate <arp at mentonegrammar.net> wrote:

> Hi all
> Seeing as we are throwing money 💰- here goes.
>
> Mark is correct about the real world being different from VCE however I
> feel the intention of the study design is clear. The SRS is the culmination
> of the analysis work. It is completed before the design work begins. Seeing
> as I have not begun any design of the new system yet, the SRS must
> therefore contain documentation of the existing system.
> Many of the tools could be used as analysis and design tools.
>
> Andrew Pate
> Mentone Grammar
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Mark Kelly

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