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Objectives
Toexplainwhythecontextofasystemshouldbe
modelledaspartoftheREprocess
Todescribebehaviouralmodelling,data
modellingandobjectmodelling
Tointroducesomeofthenotationsusedinthe
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ToshowhowCASEworkbenchessupport
systemmodelling
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Topicscovered
Contextmodels
Behaviouralmodels
Datamodels
Objectmodels
CASEworkbenches
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Systemmodelling
Systemmodellinghelpstheanalysttounderstand
thefunctionalityofthesystemandmodelsare
usedtocommunicatewithcustomers
Differentmodelspresentthesystemfrom
differentperspectives
Externalperspectiveshowingthesystemscontextor
environment
Behaviouralperspectiveshowingthebehaviourofthesystem
Structuralperspectiveshowingthesystemordataarchitecture
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Structuredmethods
Structuredmethodsincorporatesystemmodelling
asaninherentpartofthemethod
Methodsdefineasetofmodels,aprocessfor
derivingthesemodelsandrulesandguidelines
thatshouldapplytothemodels
CASEtoolssupportsystemmodellingaspartofa
structuredmethod
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Methodweaknesses
Theydonotmodelnonfunctionalsystem
requirements
Theydonotusuallyincludeinformationabout
whetheramethodisappropriateforagiven
problem
Themayproducetoomuchdocumentation
Thesystemmodelsaresometimestoodetailed
anddifficultforuserstounderstand
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Modeltypes
Dataprocessingmodelshowinghowthedatais
processedatdifferentstages
Compositionmodelshowinghowentitiesare
composedofotherentities
Architecturalmodelshowingprincipalsubsystems
Classificationmodelshowinghowentitieshave
commoncharacteristics
Stimulus/responsemodelshowingthesystems
reactiontoevents
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Contextmodels
Contextmodelsareusedtoillustratethe
boundariesofasystem
Socialandorganisationalconcernsmayaffectthe
decisiononwheretopositionsystemboundaries
Architecturalmodelsshowtheasystemandits
relationshipwithothersystems
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Processmodels
Processmodelsshowtheoverallprocessandthe
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Dataflowmodelsmaybeusedtoshowthe
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Behaviouralmodels
Behaviouralmodelsareusedtodescribethe
overallbehaviourofasystem
Twotypesofbehaviouralmodelareshownhere
Dataprocessingmodelsthatshowhowdataisprocessedasit
movesthroughthesystem
Statemachinemodelsthatshowthesystemsresponsetoevents
Bothofthesemodelsarerequiredfora
descriptionofthesystemsbehaviour
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Dataprocessingmodels
Dataflowdiagramsareusedtomodelthe
systemsdataprocessing
Theseshowtheprocessingstepsasdataflows
throughasystem
Intrinsicpartofmanyanalysismethods
Simpleandintuitivenotationthatcustomerscan
understand
Showendtoendprocessingofdata
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Dataflowdiagrams
DFDsmodelthesystemfromafunctional
perspective
Trackinganddocumentinghowthedata
associatedwithaprocessishelpfultodevelopan
overallunderstandingofthesystem
Dataflowdiagramsmayalsobeusedinshowing
thedataexchangebetweenasystemandother
systemsinitsenvironment
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Statemachinemodels
Thesemodelthebehaviourofthesystemin
responsetoexternalandinternalevents
Theyshowthesystemsresponsestostimulisoare
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Statemachinemodelsshowsystemstatesasnodes
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StatechartsareanintegralpartoftheUML
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Microwaveovenstimuli
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Statecharts
Allowthedecompositionofamodelintosub
models(seefollowingslide)
Abriefdescriptionoftheactionsisincluded
followingthedoineachstate
Canbecomplementedbytablesdescribingthe
statesandthestimuli
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Semanticdatamodels
Usedtodescribethelogicalstructureofdata
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Entityrelationattributemodelsetsouttheentities
inthesystem,therelationshipsbetweenthese
entitiesandtheentityattributes
Widelyusedindatabasedesign.Canreadilybe
implementedusingrelationaldatabases
NospecificnotationprovidedintheUMLbut
objectsandassociationscanbeused
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Datadictionaries
Datadictionariesarelistsofallofthenamesused
inthesystemmodels.Descriptionsoftheentities,
relationshipsandattributesarealsoincluded
Advantages
Supportnamemanagementandavoidduplication
Storeoforganisationalknowledgelinkinganalysis,designand
implementation
ManyCASEworkbenchessupportdata
dictionaries
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Datadictionaryentries
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Objectmodels
Objectmodelsdescribethesystemintermsof
objectclasses
Anobjectclassisanabstractionoverasetof
objectswithcommonattributesandtheservices
(operations)providedbyeachobject
Variousobjectmodelsmaybeproduced
Inheritancemodels
Aggregationmodels
Interactionmodels
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Objectmodels
Naturalwaysofreflectingtherealworldentities
manipulatedbythesystem
Moreabstractentitiesaremoredifficulttomodel
usingthisapproach
Objectclassidentificationisrecognisedasa
difficultprocessrequiringadeepunderstandingof
theapplicationdomain
Objectclassesreflectingdomainentitiesare
reusableacrosssystems
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Inheritancemodels
Organisethedomainobjectclassesintoahierarchy
Classesatthetopofthehierarchyreflectthe
commonfeaturesofallclasses
Objectclassesinherittheirattributesandservices
fromoneormoresuperclasses.thesemaythenbe
specialisedasnecessary
Classhierarchydesignisadifficultprocessif
duplicationindifferentbranchesistobeavoided
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TheUnifiedModelingLanguage
Devisedbythedevelopersofwidelyusedobject
orientedanalysisanddesignmethods
Hasbecomeaneffectivestandardforobjectoriented
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Objectclassesarerectangleswiththenameatthetop,attributesinthe
middlesectionandoperationsinthebottomsection
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shownaslineslinkingobjects
Inheritanceisreferredtoasgeneralisationandisshownupwards
ratherthandownwardsinahierarchy
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Objectaggregation
Aggregationmodelshowshowclasseswhichare
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Objectbehaviourmodelling
Abehaviouralmodelshowstheinteractions
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Sequencediagrams(orcollaborationdiagrams)in
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CASEworkbenches
Acoherentsetoftoolsthatisdesignedtosupport
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Analysisanddesignworkbenchessupportsystem
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Analysisworkbenchcomponents
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Keypoints
Amodelisanabstractsystemview.Complementary
typesofmodelprovidedifferentsysteminformation
Contextmodelsshowthepositionofasysteminits
environmentwithothersystemsandprocesses
Dataflowmodelsmaybeusedtomodelthedata
processinginasystem
Statemachinemodelsmodelthesystemsbehaviour
inresponsetointernalorexternalevents
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Keypoints
Semanticdatamodelsdescribethelogicalstructure
ofdatawhichisimportedtoorexportedbythe
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Objectmodelsdescribelogicalsystementities,
theirclassificationandaggregation
Objectmodelsdescribethelogicalsystementities
andtheirclassificationandaggregation
CASEworkbenchessupportthedevelopmentof
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