Systems Analysis and Design Methods

Overview

Main description

Today's students want to practice the application of concepts. As with the previous editions of this book, the authors write to balance the coverage of concepts, tools, techniques, and their applications, and to provide the most examples of system analysis and design deliverables available in any book. The textbook also serves the reader as a professional reference for best current practices.

Table of contents

Brief ContentsPrefacePart One The Context of Systems Development Projects1 The Context of Systems Analysis and Design Methods2 Information System Building Blocks3 Information Systems Development4 Project ManagementPart Two Systems Analysis Methods5 Systems Analysis6 Fact-Finding Techniques for Requirements Discovery7 Modeling System Requirements with Use Cases8 Data Modeling and Analysis9 Process Modeling10 Object-Oriented Analysis and Modeling Using the UML11 Feasibility Analysis and the System ProposalPart Three Systems Design Methods12 Systems Design13 Application Architecture and Modeling14 Database Design15 Output Design and Prototyping16 Input Design and Prototyping17 User Interface Design18 Object-Oriented Design and Modeling Using the UMLPart Four Beyond Systems Analysis and Design19 Systems Construction and Implementation20 Systems Operations and SupportPhoto CreditsGlossary/Index