Software design description

A software design description (aka software design document, SDD, or design document) is a written description of a software product, that a software designer writes in order to give a software development team overall guidance to the architecture of the software project.

Description

An SDD usually accompanies an architecture diagram with pointers to detailed feature specifications of smaller pieces of the design.

Practically, the description is required to coordinate a large team under a single vision, needs to be a stable reference, and outline all parts of the software and how they will work.

See also

• Game design document
• High-level design
• Low-level design

External links

• Software design description @ Wikipedia