Refined and streamlined, SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN IN A CHANGING WORLD, 7E helps students develop the conceptual, technical, and managerial foundations for systems analysis design and implementation as well as project management principles for systems development. Using case driven techniques, the succinct 14-chapter text focuses on content that is key for success in today's market. The authors' highly effective presentation teaches both traditional (structured) and object-oriented (OO) approaches to systems analysis and design. The book highlights use cases, use diagrams, and use case descriptions required for a modeling approach, while demonstrating their application to traditional, web development, object-oriented, and service-oriented architecture approaches. The Seventh Edition's refined sequence of topics makes it easier to read and understand than ever. Regrouped analysis and design chapters provide more flexibility in course organization. Additionally, the text's running cases have been completely updated and now include a stronger focus on connectivity in applications.Important Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
An okay textbook with a lot of filler. This book builds off of itself quite a bit and creates some issues in understanding what the key takeaways are. It may be that the course I was taking was strait from cengage but tons of rote memorization which is indexed for easy review but not pragmatic in my opinion. If you are looking for getting an overview the material is extremely dry and doesn't have a lot of direct examples leading the book to seem superficial in comparison to a more in depth guide with some specificity. The book does two things okay rather than one thing well. The breadth of the book is why I am giving it a 4/5. If you are taking it for a class it is good to think of it as two courses in one. Depending on your professor you may or may not get any guidance to what the book is actually trying to accomplish. If you don't already understand SQL go with another book. The use of project management near the end of the course seems rudimentary as well but it does give you a vague glimpse into how things get done in the corporate environment (stating this as a former project manager). I'm not sure if there is a better way to put this information together besides splitting the subject into multiple books. If you are trying to absorb it all in one semester good luck.
This is such a fantastic book! I could not afford the book, so I rented it and I will need to find a cheaper used "like new" version to use as a desk reference in the future. I think I just aged myself, lol, I don't care! This is really a fantastic book and that is saying alot for a textbook!!!