Systems Analysis and Design

by Alan Dennis, Barbara Haley Wixom

Intelligent, Motivated Individuals for High-Paying Systems Analyst and Design Positions! This practical, no-nonsense textbook provides you with the rich foundation you need to enter the exciting field of systems analysis and design, and helps you gain the core skills that will ensure a successful and rewarding career! Each chapter in the text describes one part of the SAD process, provides clear explanations on how to do it, gives a detailed example, and then includes exercises that allow you to practice what you've learned. The focus is on the specific tasks that analysts need to accomplish over the course of a project, and the deliverables that will be produced from the tasks. As you complete the book, tasks are checked off and deliverables completed and filed in a Project Binder. Along the way, you are reminded of your progress using roadmaps that indicate where the current task fits into the larger context of SAD. The result is that you come to understand how to use this process in a real situation, and acquire key skills that you'll use throughout your career. Other Features of the Text
* A running case integrated throughout gives you the chance to apply each new skill they learn.
* Object-oriented techniques currently used in practice are introduced.
* Stories, feedback, and advice from a diverse group of IS professionals and consultants provide real-world insight.
* Topics are presented in the order in which an analyst encounters them in a typical project.
* Each chapter has several mini-cases that give an example of a real-life situation to illustrate key concepts in action.

Genres: Nonfiction, School, Programming, Science, Textbooks, Computer Science, Informatics

528 pages, Hardcover

First published October 21, 2002

Reviews

[Ohud Saud · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, If you want to know more about system analysis and design, this is the best book you may find!
It takes you through the whole process in a very comprehensive way.
Also, if you study business, MIS, or IS you may consider to read it b/c it would be recommended at some point.

[Eric Herr · Rating 2 out of 5]

Latest text book for master's course of the same title. Typical text book...nothing stellar. Layout is less than ideal and the authors struggle to communicate concepts. Diagrams and images look outdated.

[Stephen Yoder · Rating 4 out of 5]

A whirlwind of a novel, with a coterie of flawed heroes and heroines. A Djinni could not have invented a more intense rotation of drama, love, and moral exploration.




Well, in all seriousness, it is actually a pretty good Systems Analysis book that drives one through the Systems Development Life Cycle.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading for NURS 786 Systems Analysis and Design, Spring 2013. This was actually pretty easy to read (as far as textbooks go). I like the case studies at the end of each chapter.

[Regina Legani]

interesting