Figure37 DED construction tart by owing the context ogra (se figure 2.11) Figure38 DED constuction: art by wing the processes ‘Sample case study: Black Stump Social Club Let us revisit our first case study (section 2.6). As we read through it again, we will identify the information we need for our DFD: Case study: Black Stump Social Club ‘The Black Stump Social Club has an enthusiastic club secretary who has set up a system for keeping track of all the club’s members as well as all the club’s activities. New members’ details are added to the Members File and confirmation of membership letters aro sont out, ‘The Social Club Committee meets to plan activities and these are added by the secretary to the Activities File. A monthly newsletter listing all coming «activities is compiled and sent to cach member.-Advertisements are also sent 1a the local newspaper to inform the general public of the social club's coming activities. 2 Start from the context diagram Let us consider the context diagram we have already drawn, members details planned activities ‘Social 4 | Se {Committe Mombors Biack Stump Social Club membership \ Secretariat Reims sey Ee \_-& frowspaper comngiance =~ averisTens 3 New draw the DFD ‘There is no one correct way to draw a DED; so this section is just a suggested way of turning the various components making up the case study into the various components in the DED. Since the focus of the DFD is on the processes itis probably best to draw these first and number them. There is no particular order to the numbering, it is just for identification purposes. a Compite : ‘monthly Unit 3 - Data flow diagrameSystem Documentation Methods ‘The next phase in the construction of your DFD is a highly individual one. Some analysts add the data stores, then external entities and then add the data flows that join them all up. Other analysts develop their DFDs by working through the processes one by one, adding: > the external entities > the data flows, and > data stores associated with each particular process. ‘This latter approach is the one depicted in figure 3.9. Figure 39 Drawing your DFD by bullding up the DED proces by process [=p ts 1 membership \__ (Aad now contimation mamnbor member's: si planned planned activities, activities Tied Activities activity Members “ ‘coming 7 SetS create ‘coming adver. activtios Local newspaper *~ advertisement Unit 3 - Data flow diagrama 33Figure 3.10, ‘The completed Level 0 DED ofthe Black Stump Social Cb Secretariat ‘System Documentation Methods ‘Now we put this altogether to come up with our final Level 0 DFD. member's details Social ‘Club [committoo XN ri planned activities membership ‘confirmation Jue coming activities ae Members {rind activities iaimiee Actvitios = details Compile J coming _ monthly } coming activites, wowslettay — Sotvites Local newspaper| *— | Bookings booking orders 2 \ orders suppters | ——~a( Order) a Orde upplios it ose Activity 3.5 A Level 0 DED for Andy’s Autos: booking 1 bookings 7: | cars nN Workshop ‘manager Solutions to activities 83