Modeling the Design

This chapter discusses how solutions can be defined by developing effective designs. Various levels of design abstraction are discussed, such as architectural designs and detailed designs. Also, different aspects of design, such as Logical, Functional, and Physical designs, are introduced, and the relationships between them are defined. There is then a discussion on how designs fit into the System Life Cycle and which Processes are relevant, and how to comply with them. This chapter is, therefore, structured as follows:

• We’ll look at defining different types of design and, in particular, discuss architectural and detailed design. These are both important yet different in many ways.
• The three different aspects of designs are introduced, with examples of Logical, Functional, and Physical System Elements and how design Views can be used to model each.
• The modeling techniques that can be used for these different types and aspects of design...