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  System  design 

  Defines  how  an 

information system will 

operate.   

   Client–  server  model 

  A system architecture in 

which   end-  user  machines 

such as PCs, known as 

‘clients’, run applications 

while accessing data and 

possibly programs from 

a  server.   

  Design for digital technology projects 

 Digital business vs ERP 

architectures 

 ‘Designing an appropriate architecture 

for digital business is effectively the 

same as the architecture for enterprise 

resource planning systems.’ 

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Chapter 11  Analysis and design

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Display. Traditionally this is largely a client function, but with the increasing importance 

of mobile usage, responsive and adaptive mobile approaches are used as described later in 

Chapter 11 on design.

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Application logic. Traditionally, in early PC applications this has been a client function, 

but for digital business systems the design aim is to maximise the application logic pro-

cessing, including the business rules on the server.

A typical digital business architecture uses a