System Design of Complex Software Facilities for Information Systems.

Monographs of Vladimir Lipaev

System Design of Complex Software Facilities for Information Systems.

Second edition, revised and augmented. Series "Quality Management". M: SYNTEG, 2002.-268 p.

The second edition of this book has been significantly revised with new materials. This is caused by high rates of development of technology and standards for design of software facilities (SF) for information systems (IS) during last three years. This new edition focuses on SF high quality maintenance beginning from system analysis and design. At the same time, the sections included overviews of international standards, which are available now for Russian developers (and some of which have been approved as Russian GOSTs), have been significantly reduced.

The book states the grounds of preliminary structural design and modern technology of system analysis and design of complicated software complexes. A close attention is devoted to quality attributes and resources allocation, which are necessary for IS projects implementation, life cycle planning, and quality management. The tasks and principles of system design of software complexes operational security mechanisms, and also of a choose of tools to support the whole life cycle of SF are considered. Fragments of international standards are presented that regulated main tasks and implementation requirements for system design, SF quality attributes and maintenance processes. The principles of system design of complex SF and their quality requirements are stated, and a structure and content of documentation that should reflect results of completed work are discussed.

The book is recommended for developers, customers, and executives of information system projects, and may also be used as a primary source for firm manuals on contracts preparation for SF projects, and also as a textbook on system design of complex software facilities.

Table of contents:

Introduction.

Chapter 1. THE GROUNDS OF SYSTEM DESIGN OF COMPLEX SOFTWARE FACILITIES.
1.1. Objectives and principles of system design of complex software facilities.
1.2. System analysis of resources for software facilities life cycle.
1.3. Structural design of complex software facilities.
1.4. System basis of modern technologies that support software facilities life cycle.

Chapter 2. SYSTEM DESIGN OF SOFTWARE FACILITIES QUALITY ATTRIBUTES.
2.1. Main factors that define a quality of software facilities.
2.2. Properties and attributes of quality of software facility’s functional capabilities.
2.3. System design of software facility’s security mechanisms.
2.4. Design characteristics of software facility’s quality.
2.5. Database quality attributes.

Chapter 3. ANALYSIS OF RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY OF SOFTWARE FACILITIES.
3.1. Costs of resources for providing functional appropriateness in complex software facilities design.
3.2. Costs of resources for design characteristics of software facility’s quality.
3.3. Costs for external environment imitation for providing of a quality of software facility.
3.4. Human resources for providing of system design and the whole life cycle of software facilities.

Chapter 4. PLANNING OF PROCESS’S IN SYSTEM DESIGN OF SOFTWARE FACILITIES.
4.1. Planning of process’s of software facility’s life cycle.
4.2. Planning of process’s for software facility’s quality management.
4.3. Processes of developing requirements for software facility’s quality attributes.
4.4. System risk analysis in developing requirements for software facilities.
4.5. Choose of instrumental tools for software complex’s system design.

Chapter 5. PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEM DESIGN OF COMPLEX SOFTWARE FACILITIES.
5.1. Methods for system project development for a sophisticated software complex of information system.
5.2. Methods for requirements development for quality attributes in software facilities design.
Supplement. The list of standards that regulate the design of software facilities.

References.

The list of books of SYNTEG.

Information.