Percept
Explicit attributes of a GUI that a user can see
Association, Aggregation, and Generalizations
The three types of relationships to be concerned with in a UML analysis model.
Architectural Design
The process of identifying and assigning responsibility for aspects of behavior to various modules or components of a software.
Detail Design
The process of specifying the behavior of each of the system components that you've identified during architectural design.
Design Method
A systematic sequence of steps that a design team uses to solve a problem.
Design Issues
1. Architectural versus detail design.
2. Functional behavior versus non-functional constraints.
3. Specification/what versus design/how.
4. Application specificity.
Leonardo Design Documentation
Stakeholders, issue bases, temporal relations, constraints, and aggregates.
Coupling
the extent to which two components depend on each other for successful execution - low coupling is good
Cohesion
the extent to which a component has a single purpose or function - high cohesion is good