Applying structured analysis in a real-time data-acquisition environment

In order to cut the long term software costs and have a system which more closely meets user's needs, structured analysis and design was applied to a real-time data acquisition environment. The structured aproach has made it easier for people working on independent, but related projects to review designed programs and data bases. Structured analysis and design has become the basis of an internal standard which software team members use to relate their work to the on-going work of others. The structured approach has made possible readable and consistent documentation of the system.