Trish Sarson (born 1946) is a British/American computer scientist, consultant and information technology writer, known for developing

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in the 1970s. DFD-Gane-Sarson-Notation

Born in England, Sarson obtained her BA in Zoology and Chemistry at the

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in the 1960s. She emigrated to the United States in 1975, where she joined

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's software company. In 1977 with Chris Gane she founded Improved Systems Technologies (IST), which became a relatively large and successful company. In 1977 they published their famous work ''Structured Systems Analysis: Tools and Techniques,'' in which they presented a specific type of

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, James G. Williams (eds.) ''Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology.'' Vol. 28 - Supplement 13. (1993) p. 300

Selected publications

* Gane, Chris, and Trish Sarson. ''Structured Systems Analysis and Design.'' New York: Improved Systems Technologies (1977). * Gane, Chris P., and Trish Sarson. ''Structured systems analysis: tools and techniques.'' Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, 1979. * Yourdon, E., Lister, T. R., Gane, C., & Sarson, T. (1979). ''Learning to program in structured COBOL.'' Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference. * Gane, Chris, and Trish Sarson. ''Structured Systems Analysis. Improved System Technologies.'' (1984).

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1946 births Living people American technology writers British technology writers American computer programmers Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London {{US-compu-bio-stub