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YOURDON Systems Method : model-driven systems development

Print Book, English, ©1993
Yourdon Press, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., ©1993
xxii, 683 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780130451620, 9780132858182, 0130451622, 0132858185
27105903
1.1. Historical Background
1.2. Overview of YSM
1.3. YSM Models
1.4. Using YSM
2. Modelling Tools
2.2. Entity Relationship Diagram
2.3. Entity State Transition Diagram
2.4. Entity-Event Table
2.5. Entity Specification
2.6. Relationship Specification
2.7. Associative Entity Specification
2.8. Attribute Specification
2.9. Subtyping Specification
2.10. Abstract Data Type Specification
2.11. Statement Of Purpose
2.12. Context Diagram
2.13. Terminator Specification
2.14. Data Flow Diagram
2.15. Process Specification
2.16. Minispec
2.17. Operation Specification
2.18. Data flow specification
2.19. Function-Entity Table
2.20. Data Store Specification
2.21. Access Flow Specification
2.22. System Event Specification
2.23. Enterprise event specification
2.24. Behavioural State Transition Diagram
2.25. Event Flow Specification
2.26. Event Store Specification
3. The Enterprise Essential Model
3.2. Structure of the Enterprise Essential Model
3.3. Information modelling principles
3.4. Strategies for Building and Maintaining the EIA
3.5. Heuristics to build and refine the EIA
3.6. Maintaining the enterprise information aspect
3.7. Rules
3.8. Guidelines
4. The Relationship Between Systems and the Enterprise
4.2. System Project Initiation
4.3. Building the System Essential Model
5. The System Essential Model