The Design Stage
Questions:
1. Summarise what the ‘Design’ stage involves.
2. List and explain 7 tasks that happen within the design stage.
Task
Explanation
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3. Explain what system validation is.
4. Give an example of a validation rule (not the same one as on the ictlounge) that could be
applied to a system. You should also explain the scenario where the validation rule would be
used to reject invalid data.
Example of the validation rule
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Scenario that could make use of a
validation rule
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5. Describe 5 validation checks along with a description of what they do and an example of how
they could be applied in a real-life scenario
Validation
check
Description
Real-life example
6. Explain what system verification is.
7. Describe 2 verification checks along with a description of what the checks entail.
Verification check
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Description
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