Structure Charts
According to the text a structure chart is a hierarchical diagram that shows how an information system is organized. In other words a structure chart is something that shows how an information system is organized. In the early days of computers (the 1940's and 1950's) computer programs had to be small because of the restrictions of the computers they were written for. Later the computers grew bigger and had more power, so the programs could become bigger and more complex. Even more important: the users of the systems came up with more requirements. The result of this was a need for tools for analyzing and implementing systems that were better entailed for complex systems. In the early 1970's, Larry L. Constantine, together with Edward Yourdon, came up with the concept of structured analysis and structured design. In fact, structured design continues giving guidelines, where structured programming stops. Not only Constantine and Yourdon, but also Stevens and Myers added new ideas to the principle of structured programming. One of the main tools that are used in structured design is the structure chart, developed by Constantine. The structure chart is a variant of the HIPO-technique designed by IBM
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