YSM is similar to STRADIS in its use of functional decomposition, however a middle-out approach is adopted and slightly more emphasis is placed on the importance of data structures.
YSM ni sawa na STRADIS katika matumizi yake ya mtengano kazi, hata hivyo mbinu katikati-nje ni iliyopitishwa na mkazo kidogo zaidi ni kuwekwa juu ya umuhimu wa miundo data.