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9780750607391

Data Modelling and Process Modelling Using the Most Popular Methods: Covering Ssadm, Yourdon, Inforem, Bachman, Information Engineering

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    9780750607391

  • ISBN10:

    0750607394

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1992-10-01
  • Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. 7
Introduction to Modellingp. 9
What Does Modelling Mean?p. 9
Why are Data Modelling and Process Modelling Different from Traditional 'Systems' Analysis?p. 10
What is its Purpose?p. 11
Where can it be Used in a Systems Development Cycle?p. 14
How are the Results of Modelling Used?p. 16
Data Modellingp. 19
Main Conceptsp. 19
Diagrammatic Techniquesp. 26
Other Deliverables of Data Modellingp. 43
An Example Modelp. 47
Fundamental Rules of Data Modellingp. 52
How to do Data Modellingp. 53
Modellingp. 56
Merging the Modelsp. 115
Refining the Data Modelp. 124
Process Modellingp. 163
Main Concepts of Process Modellingp. 164
Diagrammatic Representationp. 170
Other Deliverables of Process Modellingp. 201
How to do Process Modellingp. 207
Analysisp. 210
Refining the Resultsp. 262
Verification Methodsp. 264
Improving a System Using Analysis Deliverablesp. 279
Problems, Causes and Effectsp. 287
Events, Obligations and Objectivesp. 294
Elementary Activitiesp. 303
Definition and Purposep. 303
Structured Text and Access Pathsp. 307
Common Procedures, Messages and Embedded Elementary Activitiesp. 325
Examplesp. 329
Updating the Data Model from the Access Paths and Structured English (Consistency Checking)p. 343
Other Useful Detailed Deliverables of an Elementary Activityp. 347
Summaryp. 373
Packaging the Resultsp. 373
Indexp. 377
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