SDLC - Brief of Design Stage

System design and system development cost the most in any system development. Costing a development team resources, failure to reckon a system development objective will drive the development team away from the original system output. Thus, focusing on both stages are as important as briefing the system in details during the planning phase.

I believe many system developer will focus primarily in the development stage. While we are doing our job well,  we tend to forget that, without a good mold, the output is as bad as the input. Considering the importance of the design stage, it is vital for all the development members to enhance the efficiency of the design processes.

So, what are the basic things that need to be done in design stage? Most and most will be the basic requirement fulfillment of the system needs. System requirement is indeed digested into implementable way using various strategy. From a naked eye, it may involve two different types of design; logic or system flow design and as well as user interface design.

Focus should be mainly on system flow design from the programmer perspective. A well documented system flow and business logic are important to allow the system to deliver the needed. At the same time, this will enhance the quality of the User Acceptance Testing (UAT Testing). There happen to be many flip flops here and there during this process as logic will be revised and keep revising. I believe this is a challenge for most. Thus, the role of a System Analyst and Business Analyst are important to assume the role as a gate keeper to ensure a proper flow of information and logic are ensure.

Coming on par of the system flow design, one should not forgotten the user interface design. It may not be relevant to many of the developer out there, but as a system designer and a project leader, interface is as important as any. No one insist of buying an ugly system if they are not forced into the deal. Thus, a good to use and feel-good system are attractive bargaining power to attract user or owner of the system.

I will drill more on both stages one by one soon.