Question

the purposes of domain analysis and how it can improve a software development project.

Answer 1

Domain analysis : Domain analysis is the process of researching about the business background information in which the software will be used by the end users. By understanding the domain knowledge and the business information like the way business operates , competitors , various business processes , it becomes easy to take correct decisions during the various stages of software development and develop an efficient system with less time and cost involved.

Domain analysis is done by the domain analysis experts who either interview, brainstorm , conduct meetings , conduct group discussions and gather information about the business , the software used and their documentation . It is basically identifying , collecting, organizing, grouping , representing the information in the form of a model using the technologies , historical studies . Through this process the actors ,   activities , rules , and the domain vocabulary is identified. Reusable resources and put in place and understand the domain vocabulary. Object can be the actor or their behavior or group of objects and their relationships.

Ways by which it can improve a software development project:

1. It helps in a faster development of the software with less chances of mistakes happening which involves less cost and reduces resources wastage . It becomes easy to establish the requirements of the software development process which correctly and with more efficiency.
2. It helps to give a better understanding about the customers problem and ensures that the software solution provided will be more efficiently and according to the problem statement defined . Fewer mistakes will be made and will stick to the standards.
3. This also helps to study the new emerging trends in the same domain and also the changes or updates required in the existing system in order to maintain the competition and predict the future software development projects.
4. The model created using domain analysis , helps to gather the requirements efficiently and give the correct input to the analysis stage in order to record the performance of the software development at all the stages.
5. It helps to create the effective designs with the correct knowledge about the name which leads to very less errors in the development phase. It helps to create the in-depth blueprints of the software .

After the development phase , it helps to create the test cases that will be exactly according to the domain in which the users will use the software . In a way it helps to create the real time test cases that mimic the real scenarios .

6. It helps to create a future prediction document which will be required in case of maintaining the already existing or newly developed software.

Steps of domain analysis process :

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