Understanding Design

• Why Do Design?
• Elements of Good Design
• Recognizing Bad Design
• Understanding Process Methodology
• Comparing SLIDE to RUP and XP

Overview of the SLIDE Process

• What is SLIDE?
• How is SLIDE Different ?
• Scope of the Methodology
• Phases of Development

Designing for Testability

• Achieving Quality with Limited Testing
• Design Reviews
• Code Inspections
• Smart Use of Test Automation
• Idealism vs. Realism in Testing
• Realistic Quality Assurance Planning

Building on Solid Foundations

• Coding Standards
• Software Environments
• Configuration Management
• Issue Tracking
• Communication via the Project Portal

Design Tools

• What Tools Can Do For You
• Where Tools Fail
• Tool Use Traps

Requirements

• Formal vs. Informal Requirements
• Features vs. Behavior
• Traceability
• A Model Requirements Document

Prototyping

• Understanding Rapid Visual Phototyping
• When Is Enough, Enough?
• Reviewing Your Prototype

UML

• Simplified UML for SLIDE-based design
• What to use from UML, when and why
• Where UML is not enough
• Examples of complete and correct design artifacts

Architecture

• Importance of Architecture in Design
• Classic Future-proof Architectures
• Hybrid Architectures
• Borrow, Don't Invent

Components

• Understanding Component-Based Design
• Decomposing Requirements Into Components
• Modeling components as UML
• Modeling behavior as UML

Design

• Finding the Hidden Objects in Requirements
• Discovering Patterns in Requirements
• Translating UML Designs Into Working Code
• Design Evaluation Techniques

Workshop

• Turning Interviews Into Requirements
• Evaluating Requirements Completeness
• Selecting an Architectural Model
• Modeling Behavior Implied by Requirements
• Detailed Designs From Your Models
• Group Design Review