August 1997
SE203: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

QUESTION 4

Total Marks: 20 Marks

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4. Describe the seven steps involved in the transformation of a data flow diagram with transaction flow characteristics to a program structure representation. [7]
(b) With the use of an appropriate diagram, explain what is meant by structures that have a degree of fan in and fan out. [3]
(c) Data structure-oriented design methods are a broad class of methods used in design. Describe briefly what such methods use in their derivation of design. [2]
(d) One such data structure-oriented design method is Jackson's Structured Programming. Describe the steps involved in this technique. [8]