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Quality ManagementQuality Management

Lecture Lecture 66

Quality ManagementQuality Management

Lecture Lecture 66

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Operating environmentOperating environmentOperating environmentOperating environment

End user

End user

Device

External system

The system

ENV1 ENV2

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Operating environmentOperating environmentOperating environmentOperating environment

ENV1: End usersThe system will be used by the

following people:• Chief accountant• President• Sales director

All the end users

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All the external

devices and systems

Operating environmentOperating environmentOperating environmentOperating environment

ENV2: External devices and systems

The system will communicate with the following external devices and systems:

• SAP R/3

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End user

The system

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ENV3: Chief accountant’s operations

The chief accountant can initiate the following operations:

• Taking an invoice• . . .

All the operations

user, device, or external sys.

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Plan of the lecturePlan of the lecturePlan of the lecturePlan of the lecture

McCall’s quality factorsOperating environment

Metaphor of the systemSystem’s functionalityStandard traced-from relation

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Metaphor of the systemMetaphor of the systemMetaphor of the systemMetaphor of the system

The system ConsumerProducer

How to specify taking an invoice?

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Metaphor of the systemMetaphor of the systemMetaphor of the systemMetaphor of the system

The system

Invoice buffor

What do I have to know about the

system to specify its operations?

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Metaphor of the systemMetaphor of the systemMetaphor of the systemMetaphor of the system

MET1: Internal architectureThe system will consist of the

following elements:• Invoice buffor (empty or non-

empty)• . . .

All the elements

and states

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Plan of the lecturePlan of the lecturePlan of the lecturePlan of the lecture

McCall’s quality factorsOperating environmentMetaphor of the system

System’s functionalityStandard traced-from relation

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System’s FunctionalitySystem’s FunctionalitySystem’s FunctionalitySystem’s Functionality

STOP

0.1234

Function (Operation)

Not now!

Precision?

Side effect

Input Output

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System’s FunctionalitySystem’s FunctionalitySystem’s FunctionalitySystem’s Functionality

STOP

0.12

Function (Operation)

Input Output

First .. Then ..

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System’s FunctionalitySystem’s FunctionalitySystem’s FunctionalitySystem’s Functionality

FUN1: Taking an invoice

INPUT: -CONDITION: The invoice buffer is nonempty. OUTPUT: An invoice (pattern IP-1/99.09)SIDE EFFECT: The taken invoice is removed

from the buffer. If it is the only invoice in the buffer, the buffer gets empty.

PROCESSING: -PRECISION: The fraction part of each amount is

represented with two digits.

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Plan of the lecturePlan of the lecturePlan of the lecturePlan of the lecture

McCall’s quality factorsOperating environmentMetaphor of the systemSystem’s functionality

Standard traced-from relation

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Standard traced-from relationStandard traced-from relationStandard traced-from relationStandard traced-from relation

ENV1 ENV2DevDev

MET1ENV3 ENVm

FUN1

Dev ENVm+1

FUNx

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Discussion topicDiscussion topicDiscussion topicDiscussion topic

• Requirement(s)

• The project in general

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• Discussion author, project administrator (can restrict participants)

• Participant (can respond)

• Project user (can read)

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RPro database

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Project > Security: enter an email address

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Project > Security: enter an email address

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Tools > E-mail Setup:• check Enable E-mail Notification• select e-mail protocol (eg. SMTP or POP3• enter SMTP server name• your e-mail addr• your name (eg. J.Nawrocki)Not required if the system admin has

configured participation and notification e-mail with Rational E-mail Reader (RER)

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Creating discussions:

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