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Subject	follow	abbreviate as	requires	accomplish	make	have advantage	ensure that	is part of	done in conjunction with	is a synonym of	is a subtopic of	involve	perform after	require	reduce	understand by	improve	helps	has definition	see as	play	see also
algorithm design											9.1 - The Process of Design			considerable experience					The design of computational mechanisms			design^2
architecture design										software architecture^2	9.4 - Software Architecture			considerable experience								design^2
bottom-up design						normally useful so that reusable components can be created; these can then be used in several places in the overall system					9.1 - The Process of Design			considerable experience					An approach to design in which you start by designing the low-level details such as the utilities, and then decide how these will be put together to create successively higher-level components, and ultimately the entire system			design^2
class design											9.1 - The Process of Design			considerable experience					The design of the various features of classes such as associations, attributes, interactions and states			design^2
database design											9.1 - The Process of Design			considerable experience					The design of how data is persistently stored so that it may be accessed by many programs and users, over an indefinite period of time			design^2
defensive design											9.2 - Principles Leading to Good Design			considerable experience					Design with awareness that other components cannot be trusted			design^2
design by contract											9.2 - Principles Leading to Good Design			considerable experience					An approach to design in which each method has a contract with its callers regarding preconditions, postconditions and invariants			design^2
detailed design								design			1.7 - Activities Common to Software Projects	deciding on data structures, classes, algorithms and procedures to be used		considerable experience					The design of the internals of individual subsystems			design^2
object oriented design	object oriented analysis	OOD	an understanding of how objects are physically represented using a particular programming language								2.2 - Classes and Objects			the skill of organizing classes into inheritance hierarchies								design^2
protocol design											9.1 - The Process of Design			considerable experience					The design of communications protocols			design^2
software architecture^2										architecture design	9.4 - Software Architecture	the development of a variety of high level views of the system		considerable experience					The process of designing the global organization of a software system, including dividing software into subsystems, deciding how these will interact, and determining their interfaces		a central role in software engineering	software architecture^3
top-down design						gives the system being designed a good structure					9.1 - The Process of Design			considerable experience					An approach to design in which one starts with the high-level architecture of the system, then elaborates the design of subsystems until finally designing the low-level details such as the structure of individual classes			design^2
user centred design		UCD		if developers follow certain guidelines including: Design software based on an understanding of the users' tasks Ensure users are involved in decision making processes Have users work with and give their feedback about prototypes, on-line help and draft user manuals Design the user interface following guidelines for good usability	the system more attractive so users may be more willing to buy and use it		unnecessary features and functions are not added to the software				7.1 - User Centred Design			developers to understand users	training and support costs		the system's efficiency of use	developers prioritize their work so that the most important features reach the users sooner	An approach to software engineering using techniques that focus on users and their needs			design^2
user interface design								design	other software engineering activities		7.4 - The Basics of User Interface Design	deciding in detail how the user is to interact with the system	domain analysis and problem definition	considerable experience		all software engineers			The design of the user interface of a software system	separate from software engineering		design^2

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