BTEC Nat for IT Practitioners - Unit 6 Systems Analysis and Design
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Unit 6- Systems Analysis and Design useful software
   
Case Tool: Case Studio (trial evaluation version) file size is 7mb - do NOT download or INSTALL at college
 
 

Draw Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD) and generate SQL scripts automatically
Create large ER diagrams for more than 40 databases in just a few minutes! CASE Studio 2 supports
Oracle 10g, MySQL 5, MS SQL Server 2005,
Firebird, PostgreSQL and other systems

Design new database structures or reverse engineer existing databases !
When creating ERD, the program considers individual database options such as referential integrity, constraints, domains, triggers, stored procedures, functions, views etc. Moreover,
the software allows you to:
reverse engineer already existing database structures,
generate complex SQL scripts automatically,
generate HTML or RTF reports,
verify your model and more.

((website http://www.casestudio.com/enu/default.aspx )

   
Diagramming: Smart Draw (shareware evaluation)
 


The SmartDraw Technical Edition is the easy drawing tool that allows you to create detailed and accurate software design diagrams in minutes. SmartDraw includes hundreds of professional templates and ready-made symbols that you simply drag-and-drop onto your page. Use SmartDraw to design perfect:

Data Flow Diagrams
ERD
SSADM Diagrams
UML Diagrams
Booch Diagrams
And Much More!

((website http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/erddataflow.asp?id=10499 )

   
Diagramming: Schematic 3.17: (shareware evaluation)
 


Schematic is a diagramming tool that allows complex diagrams to be drawn with ease. Schematic allows you to combine text, pictures, shapes and connectors to create clear and informative diagrams. Schematic includes intelligent connectors that link graphical objects and includes lUML, electrical, network, flowchart, DFD, ERD libraries. Users can easily create their own object libraries. Supports export of diagrams as EMF, PNG and JPG files. (website http://www.dotsoftware.co.uk/ )