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BS 7738(1994) : 1994 AMD 8939

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SPECIFICATION FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS PRODUCTS USING SSADM (STRUCTURED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN METHOD)

Superseded date

15-12-1995

Published date

23-11-2012

Committees responsible
Foreword
Introduction
Specification
Section 1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 References
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Abbreviations
Section 2. Conformity
2.1 Individual products
2.2 Marking
Section 3. Detailed product specifications
3.1 Business System Options products
3.2 Data Flow Modelling products
3.3 Dialogue Design products
3.4 Entity-Event Modelling products
3.5 Function Definition products
3.6 Logical Data Modelling
3.7 Logical Database Process Design products
3.8 Processing Specification products
3.9 Relational Data Analysis products
3.10 Requirements Definition products
3.11 Specification Prototyping products
3.12 Technical System Options products
3.13 Physical Data Design products
3.14 Physical Process Specification products
3.15 Physical Environment Description products
3.16 Miscellaneous products
Annexes
A. (normative) Products specified
B. (informative) Product groupings
C. (informative) Conventions
D. (normative) Conformity charts
Tables
A.1 Products specified
D.1 Conformity chart for Feasibility Module, Stage 0:
     Feasibility
D.2 Conformity chart for Requirements Analysis Module,
     Stage 1: Investigation of Current Environment
D.3 Conformity chart for Requirements Analysis Module,
     Stage 2: Business Systems Options
D.4 Conformity chart for Requirements Specifications
     Module, Stage 3: Definition of Requirements
D.5 Conformity chart for Logical System Specification
     Module, Stage 4: Technical System Options
D.6 Conformity chart for Logical System Specification
     Module, Stage 5: Logical Design
D.7 Conformity chart for Physical Design Module, Stage 6:
     Physical Design
D.8 Conformity chart for Data Catalogue
D.9 Conformity chart for Data Flow Model
D.10 Conformity chart for Logical Data Model
D.11 Conformity chart for Current Services Description
D.12 Conformity chart for Requirements Specification
D.13 Conformity chart for Processing Specification
D.14 Conformity chart for Function Definitions (set)
D.15 Conformity chart for Logical Design
D.16 Conformity chart for Logical Process Model
D.17 Conformity chart for Physical System Specification
D.18 Conformity chart for Application Development
     Standards
D.19 Conformity chart for Physical Design
D.20 Conformity chart for Physical Process Specification
D.21 Conformity chart for Physical Environmental
     Classification
D.22 Conformity chart for Dialogues
D.23 Conformity chart for I/O Structures
Figures
1. SSADM Modules and Stages
2. Presentation conventions for the Context Diagram
3. Presentation conventions for Data Stores
4 Presentation conventions for External Entities
5. Presentation conventions for Processes
6. Presentation conventions for Data Flows
7. Presentation conventions for Process Decomposition
8. Legal sources and destinations of data flows
9. Presentation conventions for Dialogue Structure
10. Presentation conventions for Menu Structures
11. Presentation conventions for Effect Correspondence
     Diagrams
12. Presentation conventions for Effect Correspondence
     Diagrams: Entity Roles and Effect Qualifiers
13. Presentation conventions for Entity Life Histories
14. Presentation conventions for Entity Life Histories:
     Parallel lives
15. Presentation conventions for Entity Life Histories:
     State Indicators
16. Presentation conventions for Entity Life Histories:
     Entity Roles
17. Presentation conventions for Entity Life Histories:
     Effect Qualifiers
18. Presentation conventions for Entity Life Histories:
     Quit and Resume-1
19. Presentation conventions for Entity Life Histories:
     Quit and Resume-2
20. Presentation conventions for Enquiry Access Paths
21. Presentation conventions for I/O Structure Diagram
22. Presentation conventions for Logical Data Structures
23. Presentation conventions for Logical Data Structures:
     exclusive arcs
24. Presentation conventions for Logical Data Structures:
     Recursive relationships
25. Presentation conventions for Logical Data Structures:
     partitions
26. Presentation conventions for Enquiry Process Models
27. Presentation conventions for Update Process Models
28. Presentation conventions for the Prototype Pathway
29. Presentation conventions for the SSADM Structure
     Diagram
30. Presentation conventions for the SSADM Structure
     Diagram: parallel structure
B.1 SSADM Version 4, Feasibility Study Module, Stage 0:
     Product Grouping
B.2 SSADM Version 4, Requirements Analysis Module,
     Stage 1: Product Grouping
B.3 SSADM Version 4, Requirements Analysis Module,
     Stage 2: Product Grouping
B.4 SSADM Version 4, Requirements Specification Module,
     Stage 3: Product Grouping
B.5 SSADM Version 4, Logical System Specification Module,
     Stage 4: Product Grouping
B.6 SSADM Version 4, Logical System Specification Module,
     Stage 5: Product Grouping
B.7 SSADM Version 4, Physical Design Module, Stage 6:
     Product Grouping
B.8 Application Development Standards
B.9 Data Flow Model
B.10 Data Catalogue
B.11 Logical Data Model
B.12 Function Definitions
B.13 Processing Specification
B.14 Dialogues
B.15 Logical Process Model
B.16 Physical Process Specification
B.17 Physical Environment Classification
B.18 Requirements Specification
B.19 Physical Design
B.20 I/O Structure (for all functions)
B.21 Logical System Specification
B.22 Physical System Specification
List of references

Specifies the application products encompassed by the use of Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM) in the development of information systems. Coverage includes: Business System Option products; Data Flow Modelling products; Function Definition products; Logical Data Modelling products; Relational Data Analysis products; Technical System Options products; Physical Data Design products; Physical Environment Description products.

Committee
IST/15
DevelopmentNote
Renumbered and superseded by BS 7738-1(1994) Supersedes 91/64274 DC (04/2005)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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