System Analysis & Design Lab2
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Analysis &
Design
Lab - 2
ENG. Reem Aliraqi
Data Flow
Diagrams(DFDs)
Data Flow Diagram (DFD) is a picture
of the movement of data between
external entities and the process and
data stores within a system
DFD Symbols
Data Flow Diagram (DFD) is a picture
of the movement of data between
external entities and the process and
data stores within a system
Process
Work or actions performed on
data (inside the system)
Labels should be verb phrases
Receives input data and
produces output
Must be Numbered
Rule 1: Process
Can have more than one outgoing data flow or more than
one incoming data flow
Rule 2: Process
Process: Correct/Incorrect?
Data Flow
Is a path for data to move from one part of the IS to other
Arrows depicting movement of data
Can represent flow between process and data store by
two separate arrows
Data store
Is used in DFD to represent data that the system stores
Labels should be noun phrases
Rule: Data Store
Must have at least one incoming and one outgoing data
flow
Data Store: Correct/Incorrect ?
Source/Sink
(External Entity)
External entity that is origin or
destination of data
Like a department, outside
organization, person
Labels should be noun phrases
Source/Sink
(External Entity)
Thank you!
Any Questions?