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Solutions Design - where systems become components. Presented by : Alan Gauld BT Exact. Solution Design. Business Problems Product Launch Regulatory Requirements Operational difficulties Systems Solutions End to end view of product or scenario
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Solutions Design-where systems become components Presented by :Alan Gauld BT Exact
Solution Design • Business Problems • Product Launch • Regulatory Requirements • Operational difficulties • Systems Solutions • End to end view of product or scenario • Feasibility, architecture and infrastructure • Design authority : safeguarding the strategy
What are the Qualifications? • Understand the business and its needs • strategy, market position, regulation • Understand the existing systems • Legacy COBOL/DB2 Mainframe + VAX/VMS • Understand what’s possible now • XP, UNIX, Linux, Web, PDAs, SOA, ESB… • Understand the glue • CORBA, J2EE, .NET, SOAP, XML, ftp, Robots
A Case Study - Commitment Plus • Aimed at medium-large corporate customers • Customer agrees to spend amount X over a range of products • Discount proportional to X is applied to all products in the range • If X not spent penalties are applied
Primary Tools • BT use UML supplemented with DFDs and ERDs. • Primary diagram is Use Case diagram • Identifies system scope and functions • Static design uses Component Diagrams • shows the structure of the solution • Dynamic uses Sequence Diagrams • supplemented by extended OOSE notation (see later) • Finally need Deployment diagram • Need: Production, Fail-over, Training and Develop/Test • Supplemented as necessary: • Activity and State charts, DFD/ERD for legacy • Occasionally Class and Object diagrams
The Use Case Diagram Marketing Swift Product Manager Sales Salesman CSS Fulfilment Bill Customer CFB Billing Clerk Maintain Cease Measure Bonussing
OOSE BT Interface Interactive Controller Batch job Entity Database Enhanced Sequence Diagram(I)
Enhanced Sequence Diagram(II) Actor, either other system or human user performing a role Timer. Used to initiate batch jobs or data transfers
Enhanced Sequence Diagram(III) Monthly Monitor Web Salesman Customer
C-Plus Deployment Design Swift PC CPWS CPAS CSS Bonussing CPMIS CFB
Solutions Design • A different perspective on systems • Success measured on least change • Can involve very large systems • Mix of business and technical knowledge • Ability to communicate and influence • One man’s “Design” is another’s “Requirement”
And a final warning…. • There’s always something to trip you up!