FDS

Sheet 5 Realization

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Introduction

This is the realization design. This is the Final Sheet, and it will be the one that someone will implement. So it needs much more detail and depth, and care and attention. It will contain enough design information and description for someone to be able to implement it.

The structure of this sheet is the same 2/3 split as the middle-sheets, but the main difference is that the final panel includes Detail (information of what to do now, or issues to consider, to implement the design) rather than the pro/cons panel.

Panels

  1. Layout. Same information as the middle sheets.
  2. Focus/parti panel. The short title, along with the summary of the essence and underpinning structure of the main idea.
  3. Summary. Meta information (author, sheet, date etc.). along with the two or three word descriptive title, and a 2-line description of the idea.
  4. Operations/components. Either a detailed list or description of the main components of the system, which are also labelled the same numbers as the labels in the Big Picture/Layout panel. Or a set of operations to describe the Action/result pairs for the interface.
  5. Detail. Description of the next steps and how to make this idea a reality! The detail panel could include.
    • Description of what algorithms are being used (perhaps citations of those algorithms or some critical maths used by the algorithm)
    • Any dependencies. E.g. this could be software libraries that the tool would be built upon, or aspects such as that it must be compatible with a current tool.
    • Estimates of cost or time to build, or man-months of effort.
    • Specific requirements such as details of any materials and quantities required. E.g. hardware requirements, quantity of pixels on a screen.