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Nassi-Shneiderman charts an alternative to flowcharts for design

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Cornelia M. Yoder,

Marilyn L. SchragAuthors Info & Claims

Proceedings of the software quality assurance workshop on Functional and performance issues

Pages 79 - 86

https://doi.org/10.1145/800283.811104

Published: 01 January 1978 Publication History

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In recent years structured programming has emerged as an advanced programming technology. During this time, many tools have been developed for facilitating the programmer's use of structured programming. One of these tools, the Structured Flowcharts developed by I. Nassi and B. Shneiderman in 1972, is proving its value in both the design phase and the coding phase of program development.

Several programming groups in System Products Division, Endicott, New York, have used the Nassi-Shneiderman charts as replacements for conventional flowcharts in structuring programs. The charts have been used extensively on some projects for structured walk-throughs, design reviews, and education.

This paper describes the Nassi-Shneiderman charts and provides explanations of their use in programming, in development process control, in walk-throughs, and in testing. It includes an analysis of the value of Nassi-Shneiderman charts compared to other design and documentation methods such as pseudo-code, HIPO charts, prose, and flowcharts, as well as the authors' experiences in using the Nassi-Shneiderman charts.

The paper is intended for a general data processing audience and although no special knowledge is required, familiarity with structured programming concepts would be helpful. The reader should gain insight into the use of Nassi-Shneiderman charts as part of the total development process.

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I. Nassi and B. Shneiderman, "Flowchart Techniques for Structured Programming," SIGPLAN Notices of the ACM, v. 8, n. 8, 12-26 (August 1973).

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Nassi-Shneiderman charts an alternative to flowcharts for design
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Software management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development techniques
      1. Flowcharts
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features

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Nassi-Shneiderman charts an alternative to flowcharts for design

In recent years structured programming has emerged as an advanced programming technology. During this time, many tools have been developed for facilitating the programmer's use of structured programming. One of these tools, the Structured Flowcharts ...

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Proceedings of the software quality assurance workshop on Functional and performance issues

January 1978

187 pages

ISBN:9781450373944

DOI:10.1145/800283

ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review Volume 7, Issue 3-4
November 1978
182 pages
ISSN:0163-5999
DOI:10.1145/1007775
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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 3, Issue 5
November 1978
182 pages
ISSN:0163-5948
DOI:10.1145/953579
Issue’s Table of Contents

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