- Paperback: 576 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 4th Edition International Student Version edition (23 April 2009)
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- ISBN-10: 0470400315
- ISBN-13: 978-0470400319
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 2.2 x 25.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 192,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The 4th edition of Systems Analysis and Design continues to offer a hands–on approach to SA&D while focusing on the core set of skills that all analysts must possess.
Building on their experience as professional systems analysts and award–winning teachers, authors Dennis, Wixom, and Roth capture the experience of developing and analyzing systems in a way that students can understand and apply.
With Systems Analysis and Design, 4th edition, students will leave the course with experience that is a rich foundation for further work as a systems analyst.
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Get the skills you need to do SAD!
In a field as exciting and dynamic as System Analysis and Design (SAD), there will always be new techniques and approaches to develop systems more effectively and efficiently. But if you want to succeed in SAD, you′ll need a solid foundation of skills you can rely on––no matter what the approach or methodology.
That′s why Alan Dennis and Barb Wixom′s SYSTEMS ANALYSI AND DESIGN focuses on the core set of skills that all analysis must possess––from gathering rewuirements and modeling business needs to creating blueprints for how the system should be built. Now updated and revised, the new edition features reorganized chapters, new topics, and expanded detail.
FEATURES:
∗ Focus on doing SAD. This text encourages you to do SAD. After presenting the how and what of each major technique, the text guides you through practice problems and then invites you to use the technique in a project.
∗ New and expanded coverage. The Second Edition presents a new half chapter about the project selection process, as well as more detailed coverage of economic feasibility, process modeling, data modeling, and IT architecture.
∗ New real–life examples, cases, and skills. The book includes a running case, which serves as a template that you can apply to your own work. Chapters also include "Concepts in Action" boxes, which describe how real companies succeeded (and failed) in performing the activities in that chapter.
∗ Object–oriented concepts and techniques. Object–oriented concepts are included throughout the book, and a final chapter focuses on the major elements of UML.
∗ Project–based approach. Topics are presented in the order in which an analyst would encounter them in a typical project.
∗ Tips from the pros. Interviews of seven CIOs on about project selection and management are integrated throughout the book.
∗ Student Web Site. Includes hands–on exercises, Word and RTF templates for project deliverables, PowerPoint slides, and relevant internet links. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
In a field as exciting and dynamic as System Analysis and Design (SAD), there will always be new techniques and approaches to develop systems more effectively and efficiently. But if you want to succeed in SAD, you′ll need a solid foundation of skills you can rely on––no matter what the approach or methodology.
That′s why Alan Dennis and Barb Wixom′s SYSTEMS ANALYSI AND DESIGN focuses on the core set of skills that all analysis must possess––from gathering rewuirements and modeling business needs to creating blueprints for how the system should be built. Now updated and revised, the new edition features reorganized chapters, new topics, and expanded detail.
FEATURES:
∗ Focus on doing SAD. This text encourages you to do SAD. After presenting the how and what of each major technique, the text guides you through practice problems and then invites you to use the technique in a project.
∗ New and expanded coverage. The Second Edition presents a new half chapter about the project selection process, as well as more detailed coverage of economic feasibility, process modeling, data modeling, and IT architecture.
∗ New real–life examples, cases, and skills. The book includes a running case, which serves as a template that you can apply to your own work. Chapters also include "Concepts in Action" boxes, which describe how real companies succeeded (and failed) in performing the activities in that chapter.
∗ Object–oriented concepts and techniques. Object–oriented concepts are included throughout the book, and a final chapter focuses on the major elements of UML.
∗ Project–based approach. Topics are presented in the order in which an analyst would encounter them in a typical project.
∗ Tips from the pros. Interviews of seven CIOs on about project selection and management are integrated throughout the book.
∗ Student Web Site. Includes hands–on exercises, Word and RTF templates for project deliverables, PowerPoint slides, and relevant internet links. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a super text to use for introducing students to systems analysis and design. The presentation has wonderful variation making it pleasurable and easy to read. There are plenty of diagrams which help to summarise vital points. Also stories from experience which help the reader to understand the situations more clearly. Each of the chapters has a good set of exercises to allow the reader to check their understanding. I would reccomend this as a good text for students doing systems analysis either at HND/C or degree level, and as a good text for tutors to use as a source of ideas.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I used it for my final year university project and got an A. I was able to create my models and write my application in less than two months.If you wanna to learn analysis and design quick just get a copy. Im saving up to buy the one with UML modelling. Good for beginners and tutors.You wont regret it.Period
Format:Paperback
A huge book that explains the concepts behind systems analysis and design with a good amount of detail - however, the huge walls of text can be a little off putting.
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