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systems analysis> 1. Determining the operations, data
objects, properties and
abstractions appropriate for
designing solutions to problems in a given
domain.
2. The
domain engineering activity in which
domain knowledge
is studied and formalised as a
domain definition and a
domain
specification. A
software reuse approach that involves
combining software components, subsystems, etc., into a single
application system.
3. The process of identifying, collecting organising,
analysing and representing a
domain model and software
architecture from the study of existing systems, underlying
theory, emerging technology and development histories within
the
domain of interest.
4. The
analysis of systems within a
domain to discover
commonalities and differences among them.
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