Software design

Software design is the process of creating specifications for software, including software development artifacts.

This article is about the activity between requirements and programming. For the broader meaning, see software development.

Description

Software design may refer to either "all the activities involved in conceptualizing, framing, implementing, commissioning, and ultimately modifying complex systems" or "the activity following requirements specification and before programming, as ... [in] a stylized software engineering process."

Solving problems with software

Software design usually involves problem solving and planning a software solution.

High-level, low-level

Software design is typically divided into two (or more) scales:

• High-level: architectural design
• Low-level: component and algorithm design

See also

• Artifact (software development)
• Software architecture
• Software development
• Software engineering
• Software requirements

External links

• Software design @ Wikipedia