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Training Course Summary:

The course aims to improve staff performance by reducing time spent examining, testing and correcting completed code. Participants will acquire the knowledge and skills to:
• Describe and recognise the concepts, stages and functions of the Jackson Structured Programming Methodology
• Use the Jackson Structured Programming Methodology effectively to design logical program solutions.
• Design and apply test data to the chosen design.
• Understand how to convert the solution design accurately into program code.

Pre-Requisites:

No essential prerequisites, however, delegates should have a basic grounding in IT concepts.

Who Should Attend:

This highly practical course is for all programming staff who are to be involved in Application Development. All trainee and experienced programmers who wish to use the Jackson Structured Programming Methodology to design and evaluate program solutions before coding will benefit.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Introduction to Jackson Structured Programming Methodology
• Benefits of the methodology
• Using data as the starting point

The Components of Files
• Sequence
• Selection
• Iteration
• Elementary

Drawing Data Structure Diagrams
• Physical data structures
• Logical data structures

Data Structures and Correspondences

Producing a Program Structure

Elementaries and Conditions

Schematic Logic




Collating Problems
Processing two sequential files simultaneously

Random Access and Database Structures

Conducting a Walk through

Testing Programs
Using data to test the structure of the program