– Provides an overview of all system design
– Describes the interrelationship between system elements
– Describes the relationship between the system elements and the software
– Specifies the design for each required system element, consideration is given to things like:
– – memory/capacity requirements
– – hardware interfaces requirements
– – user interfaces requirements
– – external system interface requirements
– – performance requirements
– – commands structures
– – security/data protection characteristics
– – system parameter settings
– – manual operations
– – reusable components
– Mapping of requirements to system elements
– Description of the operation modes of the system components (startup, shutdown, sleep mode, diagnosis mode, etc.)
– Description of the dependencies among the system components regarding the operation modes
– Description of the dynamic behaviour of the system and the system components |