Unit 6: Software Design and Development

P6: use appropriate tools to design a solution to a defined requirement
- Requirements specification: inputs, outputs, processing, user interface; constraints eg hardware platforms, timescales for development
- Design: structure eg functions, procedures, objects; data; file
- Tools: eg structure diagrams, DFDs, ERM;
- Review: against specifications requirements
M2 Justify the choice of data types and software structures used in a design solution
D2 Develop algorithms to represent a design solution
- algorithms eg using pseudo code

15 min Tutor: Recap the principles of Use Case Analysis and show students how to share use cases.
Google Docs: The only way to share a document and allow more than one person to edit the document simultaneously.
DropBox: simple file synchronisation and sharing using cloud storage but cannot cope with simultaneous editing.
BitBucket: professional version control system, where text files can be shared with simulataneous editing where changes are merged. Also provides a wiki for documentation.
15min Students: In your design pair, share your use cases and update your specifications in Visual Paradigm.
30 min Tutor: Demonstrate Greenfoot and how to use it to create objects and images that can be used to storyboard your game.
20 min: Students Start storyboarding your game in pairs using Greenfoot and photoshop
10 min Tutor: Discuss any common issues and different approaches to solving them.

Explore the resources listed on Unit 6 Criteria page
Greefoot Tutorials This website contains useful tutorials on how to use Greenfoot.
Example Greefoot Games This website contains many scenarios (games) which can be downloaded and the code examined.
Resource: an online image editor that you might like to use to create images for your game.