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Structured walk-through addresses some areas of interest in a new program under programming productivity. Explain?

Structured walk-through addresses some areas of interest in a new program under programming productivity. Explain?

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Areas of interest addressed by a structured walk-through:
1) Program requirements
The structured walk-through uncovers any inconsistencies between requirements stated by the users and those that the analyst is proposing.

2) Program designs
Structured walk-through determine whether the proposed design will meet requirements of the system and user. If the review team finds any discrepancies between the design and the requirements, they should provide solutions to the discrepancies.

3) Programs
The structured walk-through is conducted to examine the program development along with its documentation. The programs are compared with their specific design specifications to determine whether the specifications are being satisfied. Any programming errors are dealt with.

4) Testing
The structured walk-through assists in development of test data that can be used to detect
system design errors.

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Wilfykil answered the question on March 1, 2019 at 07:23

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