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Systems Analysis and Design Alan Dennis

Systems Analysis and Design By Alan Dennis

Systems Analysis and Design by Alan Dennis


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Summary

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 readers want to succeed in SAD, they'll need a solid foundation of skills that they can rely on - no matter what the approach or methodology.

Systems Analysis and Design Summary

Systems Analysis and Design by Alan Dennis

Put SAD into action! You can't truly understand Systems Analysis and Design (SAD) by only reading about it; you have to do it. In Systems Analysis and Design, Third Edition, Dennis, Wixom, and Roth offer a hands on approach to actually doing SAD. Building on their experience as professional systems analysts and award winning teachers, these three authors capture the experience of actually developing and analyzing systems. They focus on the core set of skills that all analysts must possess from gathering requirements and modeling business needs, to creating blueprints for how the system should be built. This book features new and expanded coverage, including expanded coverage of functional and nonfunctional requirements; new event action lists; a new extended example of process modeling and data modeling; expanded discussion of the use and interpretation of the weighted alternative matrix as well as RFPs, RFI, and RFQs; a new emphasis on the Migration Plan; and new coverage of business contingency planning during implementation. It focuses on doing SAD. After presenting the how and what of each major technique, the text guides you through practice problems and invites you to use the technique in a project. It follows a project based approach. Topics are presented in the order in which an analyst would encounter them in a typical project. Real life examples include a running case, which serves as a template that you can apply to your own work, and Concepts in Action examples that describe how real companies succeeded (and failed) in performing SAD activities. Object oriented concepts and techniques are included throughout the book, and a final chapter focuses on the major elements of UML. Coverage is updated to reflect the innovations of UML Version 2.0. Student Website includes hands on exercises, templates for project deliverables, PowerPoint slides, and relevant Internet links.

About Alan Dennis

Dr. Alan Dennis holds the John T. Chambers Chair of Internet Systems in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Dr. Dennis has won numerous awards for teaching data communications and networking and for his research on collaboration and the Internet. He is an Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly and serves as the Executive Editor for MIS Quarterly Executive. He received his Ph.D. in management information systems from the University of Arizona, his MBA from Queen's University in Ontario, and his Bachelor of Computer Science from Acadia University in Nova Scotia.

Table of Contents

Preface. CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN. Introduction. The Systems Development Life Cycle. Systems Development Methodologies. Project Team Skills and Roles. Summary. PART ONE: PLANNING PHASE. CHAPTER 2. PROJECT INITIATION. Introduction. Project Identification. Feasibility Analysis. Project Selection. Summary. CHAPTER 3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT. Introduction. Identifying Project Size. Creating and Managing the Workplan. Staffing the Project. Coordinating Project Activities. Applying in Concepts at CD Selections. Summary. PART TWO: ANALYSIS PHASE. CHAPTER 4. REQUIREMENTS DETERMINATION. Introduction. Requirements Determination. Requirements Analysis Techniques. Requirements-Gathering Techniques. Applying the Concepts at CD Selections. Summary. CHAPTER 5. USE CASE ANALYSIS. Introduction. Use Cases. Applying the Concepts at CD Selections. Summary. CHAPTER 6. PROCESS MODELING. Introduction. Data Flow Diagrams. Creating Data Flow Diagrams. Applying the Concepts at CD Selections. Summary. Appendix A: Process Modeling at Custom MetalWorks. CHAPTER 7. DATA MODELING. Introduction. The Entity Relationship Diagram. Creating an Entity Relationship Diagram. Validating and ERD. Summary. Appendix A: Data Modeling at Custom MetalWorks. PART THREE: DESIGN PHASE. CHAPTER 8. MOVING INTO DESIGN. Introduction. Transition from Requirements to Design. System Acquisition Strategies. Influence on Acquisition Strategy. Selecting an Acquisition Strategy. Summary. CHAPTER 9. ARCHITECTURE DESIGN. Introduction. Elements of an Architecture Design. Creating an Architecture Design. Hardware and Software Specification. Applying the Concepts at CD Selections. Summary. CHAPTER 10. USER INTERFACE DESIGN. Introduction. Principles for User Interface Design. User Interface Design Process. Navigation Design. Input Design. Output Design. Applying the Concepts at CD Selection. Summary. CHAPTER 11. PROGRAM DESIGN. Introduction. Moving from Logical to Physical Process Models. Designing Programs. Structure Chart. Program Specification. Summary. CHAPTER 12. DATA STORAGE DESIGN. Introduction. Data Storage Formats. Moving from Logical to Physical Data Models. Optimizing Data Storage. Summary. PART FOUR: IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. CHAPTER 13. MOVING INTO IMPLEMENTATION. Introduction. Managing the Programming Phase. Testing. Developing Documentation. Applying the Concepts at CD Selections. Summary. CHAPTER 14. TRANSITION TO THE NEW SYSTEM. Introduction. Making the Transition to the New System. The Migration Plan. Postimplementation Activities. Applying the Concepts at CD Selections. Summary. CHAPTER 15. THE MOVEMENT TO OBJECTS. Introduction. Basic Characteristics of Object-Oriented Systems. Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design. Unified Modeling Language Version 2.0. Use Case Diagram. Class Diagram. Sequence Diagram. Behavioral State Machine Diagram. Summary. Index.

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GOR013046598
9780471722571
047172257X
Systems Analysis and Design by Alan Dennis
Used - Like New
Hardback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
20050901
576
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