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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrentice Hall PTR
ISBN-100130415715
ISBN-139780130415714
eBay Product ID (ePID)127348005
Product Key Features
Number of Pages944 Pages
Publication NameSystems Analysis and Design
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
SubjectInformation Management, System Theory, Software Development & Engineering / Systems Analysis & Design
TypeTextbook
AuthorKenneth E. Kendall, Julie E. Kendall
Subject AreaComputers, Science, Business & Economics
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight76.6 Oz
Item Length11.1 in
Item Width8.7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number5
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2001-021279
Dewey Edition23/eng/20221202
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal004.2/1
Table Of ContentI. SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FUNDAMENTALS. 1. Assuming the Role of the Systems Analyst. 2. Understanding Organizational Style and Its Impact on Information Systems. 3. Determining Feasibility and Managing Analysis and Design Activities. II. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS. 4. Sampling and Investigating Hard Data. 5. Interviewing. 6. Using Questionnaires. 7. Observing Decision-Maker Behavior and the Office Environment. 8. Prototyping and Rapid Application Development. III. THE ANALYSIS PROCESS. 9. Using Data Flow Diagrams. 10. Analyzing Systems Using Data Dictionaries. 11. Describing Process Specifications and Structured Decisions. 12. Analyzing Semistructured Decision Support Systems. 13. Preparing the Systems Proposal. 14. Writing and Presenting the Systems Proposal. IV. THE ESSENTIALS OF DESIGN. 15. Designing Effective Output. 16. Designing Effective Input. 17. Designing Databases. 18. Designing User Interfaces. 19. Designing Accurate Data-Entry Procedures. V. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION. 20. Quality Assurance through Software Engineering. 21. Successfully Implementing the Information System. 22. Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design and UML.
SynopsisFor Systems Analysis and Design courses found at the junior/senior undergraduate level or at the graduate level. The Fifth Edition of Systems Analysis & Design provides a dynamic, comprehensive presentation, making it the perfect SAD textbook. A variety of review questions and problems, an ongoing case study and an Internet-based case study offer students an understandable and motivating look at systems analysis and design.