Features of Next Design
What is Next Design, a system software design tool?
Next Design is a new design tool that connects system development and software development to innovate the design of large-scale and complicated software.
Centralized management of all documents
- In the past, various documents such as development documents such as requirement specifications and design documents and management documents such as deliverable object systems and process definitions were created with different tools.
- On the other hand, Next Design allows you to create any document related to software development and centrally manage the data.
Eliminate inconsistencies between figures and documents
- There are various ways to express the design contents, such as figures, tables, and documents, and in the past, each was described separately.
- On the other hand, in Next Design, the contents described in figures, tables, documents, etc. are automatically reflected in each other, so not only the inconsistency between them is eliminated, but also the expression method is switched for one design content. However, it can be designed from multiple angles.
Standardized design content and expression method
- In the past, even if the design content and expression method of the design document were standardized, it was inevitable that the design content was insufficient and the expression method was inconsistent as long as the design was done with a general-purpose document creation tool.
- On the other hand, in Next Design, by prescribing the design contents and restrictions in the design document and the expression method by figures and tables, the contents to be designed on Next Design can be confirmed and the expression method is automatically set. Because it is unified, standardization naturally permeates.
Automatically record trace information
- In the past, after designing, it was necessary to associate trace information for required specifications and input documents with another tool, which was a factor in increasing the load of quality assurance and causing rework due to omissions. ..
- On the other hand, Next Design not only allows you to check the existence of trace information while designing, but also allows you to design if it is associated with a requirement specification or input document, and the trace information is automatically recorded. Therefore, omissions can be dealt with early and the cost of ensuring traceability can be reduced.
Uses of Next Design
Next Design allows you to freely define the structure and expression format of the design content, so it can be applied not only to software development but also to various applications.
Usage in software development
- Modeling the functional structure that fulfills the requirements
- Function placement from logical functional structure to physical hardware components
- Designing derivative products using cross-process traceability information
- Multiple variations of product design based on the base product (design in product line development)
Uses in logical document creation in various fields
- Process definition for each business field or organization (process requirement definition, flow diagram between deliverables and processes, etc.)
- Creation of documents that specify the items to be described (for example, project plans, organizational charts, etc.)
- Modeling with specified expression formats such as UML and mind maps (extendable to other expression formats)