define detailed design (software)
Bread Crumbs: Home - SW_Dev_Proc - Arch & Det Des - Det Des. Detailed design of the system is the last design activity before implementation begins. The hardest design problems must be addressed by the detailed design or the design is not complete. The detailed design is still an abstraction as compared to source code, but should be detailed enough to ensure that translation to source is a precise mapping instead of a rough interpretation.