Project / System Design Services
Systems design is the process of defining the architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a system to satisfy specified requirements. Systems design could be seen as the application of systems theory to product development. There is some overlap with the disciplines of systems analysis, systems architecture and systems engineering.
Systems design is applicable to:
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Development of a new system;
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Adjustment of an existing system (e.g. customisation);
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System upgrade (i.e. adding fuctionality to an existing system);
Note: In the instances of elemnt (3) above, some times, a system design attemps to
add functionality that the original system was not originally designed to do.
A system design must take into consideration the following system elements:
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Hardware (H/W);
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Firmware (F/W); and / or
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Software (S/W);
The system design is comprised of:
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Input requirement (e.g. User Interface),
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Output requirements (e.g. Reports);
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Storage requirements (e.g. Data Design);
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Processing Requirements (i.e. Business Processes support);
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System control and backup or recovery (i.e. Access, Security, Auditability and Reliability).
