Requirements Analysis and System Design: Developing Information Systems with UML (Paperback)

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This is a thorough text on object-oriented software development emphasizing large-scale applications and capitalizing on the increasing popularity of UML and client-server techniques.  The book addresses the latest developments in database technology including object-relational databases. In this context, the Internet-driven shift from  thick-clients back to server-based computing is acknowledged. The analysis and design principles discussed in the text apply equally well to conventional client-server solutions and modern component-based distributed applications.

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Shelving category- Systems Analysis and Design/Object-Oriented Technology/Software Engineering
Requirements Analysis and System Design
Developing Information Systems with UML
Leszek A Maciaszek
The development of a software system takes place in three iterative and incremental phases - analysis, design and implementation. This book describes the methods and techniques used for analysis and design, with implementation issues addressed to the extent to which they must be considered in the design. The text concentrates on object-oriented software development, using the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The book uses the teach-by-example principle - all concepts are exemplified and the running case studies present integrated solutions.
The focus of the book is on developing large-scale, client/server, multi-tier object-oriented information systems. The client is a workstation with a GUI and the server manages a database. The client, server and middle-tier processes communicate via object messaging. The server database can be relational, object-relational or purely object-oriented. The book identifies ways to-
· integrate analysis and design models;
· harness the complexity of large system models;
· improve software architectures;
· promote layered structuring of objects;
· understand consequences of reckless modeling;
· conduct testing and manage change;
· build maintainable and scalable systems.
The book can be used for undergraduate courses in computer science or information systems such as systems analysis, systems design, software engineering, databases and object technology, as well as being a valuable resource for software projects. The book has also been written for professionals developing business information systems, such as IT managers, application developers, consultants, analysts, designers, programmers, testers, software engineers, systems integrators and educators. The text is accompanied by a comprehensive website that contains a wealth of additional material for instructors, students and professionals.
Leszek Maciaszek is Associate Professor of Computing at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Originally from Poland, Professor Maciaszek has worked as a researcher, consultant and educator in various countries around the world, including the US, Germany, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Macao, Malaysia, Thailand, and Kuwait. He moved to Australia in 1985. He has extensive consulting and training experience, with many large international companies. His research has been in databases, object-oriented technology, software engineering and the development of large-scale business information systems. He has authored close to 100 publications including the book Database Design and Implementation (Prentice Hall, 1990).

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful book, especially on architectural design, 22 April 2001 By  coxk@bournemouth.ac.uk (Dorset) - See all my reviews This book focuses on information systems and does and excellent job of describing their complexities, providing a much more realistic taste of what design is really about than most other text books. The earlier chapters on analysis focus on typical use case and class modelling. The introduction of the database class layer between entity classes and the database itself brings more realism to modelling than most text books consider. The architectural structures imposed on the analysis and design dramatically help in designing information and ecommerce systems (which I'm doing at the moment). The one major problem with the book, and this appears to be a growing trend in text books, is the chapter on interface design. Interface design is such a monster topic that it should be left to whole textbooks and not to a few pages that tend to paint an overly simplistic view of the subject. Another potential weakness is the almost complete reliance on collaboration diagrams in design with consequent passing reference to the other UML diagrams. Despite these reservations, I highly recommend the book. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   7 of 7 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended as a textbook for IS analysis and design, 13 Jun 2001 By  jian@kub.nl (Netherlands) - See all my reviews We used this book as the textbook for our 3rd year object oriented analysis and design course. As a lecturer I found this book is well structured and well balanced between examples and theorectical concepts. The students found the book is quite easy to follow because of the very well selected and presented examples. As the result, the students were doing much better in their assignments than previous year when a different textbook was used. The only problem I found with this book is Chapter 2.2, in which some of the concepts are used and introduced before they are discussed in details in other chapters. Nevertheless I highly recommend this book as a textbook for Information Systems Analysis and Design course. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   7 of 8 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars An example to be followed..., 23 May 2002 By  C. NEWPORT "thechasman" (Somerset, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    This is the first time I've been sufficiently impressed by a book to connect to the internet with the specific purpose of praising it. My wife and I are both experienced software engineers of 15 years but new to UML and Object Oriented analysis and technology. We have both found this book invaluable in helping us make the shift to this new way of thinking and it would probably be even easier for those starting from scratch. The book is beautifully structured and not as prone to excessive wordiness as some others I've attempted to read (and largely failed to finish!) Brilliant - buy it! Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 5 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Nothing to add to previous reviews. This book is excellent if you are doing requirements analysis and want an in depth guide. Read more Published on 7 Oct 2003 5.0 out of 5 stars Still The Best Book on the Subject I had a need to develop an enterprise system using the web services paradigm and this book provided a very good basis for design and development patterns. Read more Published on 3 Mar 2003 by b2bdeveloper Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 5 customer reviews...

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