HIPO model

{{short description|Systems analysis design aid}}

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HIPO model (hierarchical input process output model) is a systems analysis design aid and documentation technique from the 1970s,IBM Corporation (1974).HIPO—A Design Aid and Documentation Technique, Publication Number GC20-1851, IBM Corporation, White Plains, NY, 1974. used for representing the modules of a system as a hierarchy and for documenting each module.{{cite book | last=Katzan | first=Harry Jr. | title=Systems Design and Documentation: An introduction to the HIPO Method | publisher=Van Nostrand Reinhold | year=1976 | isbn=0-442-24267-0 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/systemsdesigndoc00katz }}Sandia National Laboratories (1992). [http://www.prod.sandia.gov/cgi-bin/techlib/access-control.pl/1985/852348.pdf Sandia Software Guidelines Volume 5 Tools, Techniques, and Methodologies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825000913/http://www.prod.sandia.gov/cgi-bin/techlib/access-control.pl/1985/852348.pdf |date=2009-08-25 }} SANDIA REPORTS 85–2348qUC–32