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Requirements vs Design

The 4 Variable Model


Parnas & Madey came up with this model that does a great job of showing the relationship between requirements & design

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The Original 4 Variable Model

Describes how Ms and Cs are related to Is and Os

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The Modified 4 Variable Model

Introduces 2 new variables, Mp and Cp where p stands for pseudo Great example of information hiding hides changes in hardware

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