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Third paragraph, what's an 'IS'?

"SSADM is a waterfall method by which an IS design can be arrived at ..."

An IS is an Information System...

I just expanded this acronym for non-experts and linked to Wikipedia article. 80.195.186.192 15:21, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Constantine and DFDs

It surprised me to see Larry Constantine listed as "inventor" of dataflow diagrams. Is there any documentation for this claim? DFDs have been around for a long time. —rodii 15:42, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to go really far back, we used flow diagrams involving decks of cards back in 1959 (when I got into the business), and probably several years earlier, but we didn't have the acronym DFD then... Jpaulm 20:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why all the black in the Introduction?

Why all the black type in the Introduction? I confess I find it hard to read. Jpaulm 23:31, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rename?

Shouldn't this be Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology? That is what is was called when I studied it, never method.

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