Definitions for "Design Time"
Keywords:  istudio, rup, runtime, phase, analyst
Refers to something that occurs during a design phase of the software development process. See modeling time. Contrast: analysis time. [D04719] RUP
The time during which you build an application in the development environment by adding controls, setting control or form properties, and so on. In contrast, during run time, you interact with the application as a user would. .
During the design phase, a business analyst uses iStudio to define the integration objects, applications that participate in the integration, and the specifications of the data exchanged between applications.