systems analysis in a changing world
Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World by John W. Satzinger and Robert Jackson is a revised edition of one of the most popular texts on the subject. It’s been updated making it easier to navigate whiles keeping it’s real world case studies of the traditional (structured) and the object-orientated (OO). It includes a new “Best Practices” feature and is updated to UML 2.0. You’ll find advanced object-orientated topics throughout the book as well as extensive coverage of the latest concepts in project management.
- ISBN-10: 0760058792
- ISBN-13: 978-0760058794
- Publisher: Course Technology Inc; Revised edition edition (20 April 2000)
The book is huge and heavy!! However the aims of the book are stated as:
“providing the most comprehensive, balanced and up-to-date coverage of systems analysis and design available”
It covers:
- Project management
- System modelling
- Object technology with UML
- Client-server architecture
- The Internet
- Database design
- User interface design.
The book includes updates to the object technology approach to UML 2.0
Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World provides the flexibility to emphasise the traditional (structured) or the object-orientated (OO), or both, and includes integrated case studies through every chapter to demonstrate and practice the skills learned. There’s lots of hands-on practice, including the original “Rocky Mountain Outfitters” case which is now better integrated with the chapter texts and this addition includes a further running case study “Reliable Pharmaceuticals”. The case studies take the reader through various stages of systems analysis including entity relationship diagrams and DFDs for the traditional approach as well as UML 2.0 and Object oriented techniques for newer approaches to the subject.
The book covers a lot of fairly involved topics but is well illustrated and visual. Various illustrations, pictures and diagrams aid the understanding of the topics discussed.
Systems Analysis & Design In A Changing World includes well crafted questions and exercises at the end of each chapter as well as case studies that can be used for practise and experience.
It is a comprehensive and well written book covering every aspect of Systems analysis both modern and traditional with sufficient practical material to ‘learn by doning’.