Software Implementation Process: The Software Implementation Process involves defining system requirements, designing the architecture and components, implementing the code, verifying functionality, evaluating performance and usability, deploying the system, and maintaining it through ongoing updates and adaptations.
Five Big Stages: Problem Analysis → Problem Specification → System Design → System Implementation → System Analysis → Operationalization.
System Specification: Architectural Specification, Data Architecture Specification, Interface Design Specification, Component-Level Design Specification, Non-Functional Design Specification (Security, Performance), Functional Specification.
System Requirements: System requirements refer to the set of specifications that define the necessary conditions, functions, and constraints a system must fulfill to meet the needs of users, stakeholders, and the environment in which it operates.
Software Architecture: Software architecture is the high-level, formalized structure of a software system, defined by a set of architectural components $C$, their interactions $I$, constraints $\Phi$, and configuration $\Sigma$, where $C = \{c_1, c_2, ..., c_n\}$ represents computational elements, $I: C \times C \to M$ defines communication mappings over message space $M$, $\Phi$ encodes invariants such as consistency and security policies, and $\Sigma$ specifies deployment topology and runtime constraints.
Software design is the systematic specification of a software system's structural and behavioral organization, defined as a tuple $D = (C, I, M, P, \Phi)$, where $C$ is the set of computational elements, $I: C \times C \to \mathcal{F}$ defines inter-component interactions over a function space $\mathcal{F}$, $M = (S, B, A)$ represents modular decomposition with subsystems $S$, boundaries $B$, and abstraction mechanisms $A$, $P$ encodes design patterns and architectural styles, and $\Phi$ defines constraints governing cohesion, coupling, concurrency, and non-functional requirements.
Software Implementation: Software implementation refers to the process of translating a software design or specification into a functional program by writing code, configuring systems, and integrating components.
Computational System Analysis refers to the systematic evaluation of the performance, behavior, and resource utilization of a computational system through mathematical modeling, algorithmic analysis, and empirical measurement, aimed at understanding and optimizing the efficiency, scalability, and reliability of the system under various operational conditions.
Note: System analysis focuses on evaluating the given system itself, not the problem analysis process. However, understanding the problem is essential at this stage, as it forms a crucial part of the overall system analysis.
Principle: A fundamental, abstract guideline that defines desirable properties or constraints in the design or implementation of a system, ensuring correctness, maintainability, and efficiency (e.g., modularity, encapsulation, separation of concerns).
Technique: A concrete, systematic method or approach applied to achieve a specific goal within a system’s design or implementation, often derived from principles and optimized for practical use (e.g., caching, indexing, load balancing).
Note: Must improve principles in software design
Adaptability Structures
, Compositionality, Reflection**,** Lazy Evaluation (On-Demand Computation), Constraint Propagation (Declarative Systems), Interpretation, Decomposition , Abstraction, Polymorphism, Concurrency, Reactivity, etc.
Software design techniques are systematic approaches and methods used to create and structure software systems, aiming to ensure efficiency, maintainability, scalability, and alignment with user requirements and technical constraints.
An abstraction is informally defined as a tool that solves a specific problem—either within a model of computation or related to the process being represented itself.
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