Modern Systems Analysis and Design (2nd Edition)

Description

Features

Features

• NEW – Available: Oracle Designer/2000 Edition! Order Modern Systems Analysis and Design: Oracle Edition and your student will receive the textbook packaged with the Oracle Designer 2000/CASE tool on CD–ROM.

  • The cost is only $8 net more than the textbook.

• NEW – Designer/2000 is used as the primary CASE tool for illustrations.

• NEW – Streamlined layout based on customer feedback —Related topics have been consolidated and less important material is being moved to the Modern Systems Analysis and Design Web site.

• NEW – problems and end–of–chapter exercises have been added throughout the entire text and are arranged by level of difficulty.

• NEW – part opening cases profile Oracle and Cambridge Technology.

• NEW – Broadway Entertainment Company cases have been updated and now apply a CASE tool more familiar to adopters.

• NEW – Expanded teaching package— Instructor CD–ROM includes on–line testing software and test bank, PowerPoint presentations, and instructor‘s manual.

• NEW – Chapter 4: Tools for System Development focuses on current tools for systems development, not just CASE tools, with an emphasis on visual development environments.

• NEW – Web–based development project costs are now covered in Chapter 6: Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects.

• NEW – Full chapter on Object–Oriented Analysis & Design (Ch. 12)—provides flexibility for instructors who want to teach with an Object–Oriented approach.

  • The very latest object–oriented systems analysis and design methods and techniques are addressed which is consistent with the latest UML standards.

• NEW – Full chapter on RAD—Rapid Application Development. (Ch. 13) has been expanded to address the process and advantages/disadvantages.

  • Includes examples of RAD approaches to system development.

• NEW – Chapter 20: System Implementation: Documenting, Testing, and Implementation combines two chapters on implementation into one.

New to this Edition

New To This Edition

• Available: Oracle Designer/2000 Edition! Order Modern Systems Analysis and Design: Oracle Edition and your student will receive the textbook packaged with the Oracle Designer 2000/CASE tool on CD–ROM.

  • The cost is only $8 net more than the textbook.

• Designer/2000 is used as the primary CASE tool for illustrations.

• Streamlined layout based on customer feedback —Related topics have been consolidated and less important material is being moved to the Modern Systems Analysis and Design Web site.

• problems and end–of–chapter exercises have been added throughout the entire text and are arranged by level of difficulty.

• part opening cases profile Oracle and Cambridge Technology.

• Broadway Entertainment Company cases have been updated and now apply a CASE tool more familiar to adopters.

• Expanded teaching package— Instructor CD–ROM includes on–line testing software and test bank, PowerPoint presentations, and instructor‘s manual.

• Chapter 4: Tools for System Development focuses on current tools for systems development, not just CASE tools, with an emphasis on visual development environments.

• Web–based development project costs are now covered in Chapter 6: Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects.

• Full chapter on Object–Oriented Analysis & Design (Ch. 12)—provides flexibility for instructors who want to teach with an Object–Oriented approach.

  • The very latest object–oriented systems analysis and design methods and techniques are addressed which is consistent with the latest UML standards.

• Full chapter on RAD—Rapid Application Development. (Ch. 13) has been expanded to address the process and advantages/disadvantages.

  • Includes examples of RAD approaches to system development.

• Chapter 20: System Implementation: Documenting, Testing, and Implementation combines two chapters on implementation into one.

From the back cover:

NEW OR EXPANDED CONTENT COVERAGE TO KEEP YOU ON THE LEADING EDGE

• Increased focus on "make versus buy" and systems integration. More and more systems development involves the use of packages in combination with legacy applications and new modules. Chapter 11 shows how companies deal with these issues.
• Coverage of Internet–based systems. The authors have redesigned the distributed systems design chapter (now Chapter 16) to also address Internet–based application design topics not covered in the other chapters: They cover Internet application design standards, how to maintain site consistency, security issues, and data warehousing, among other topics.
• Expanded coverage of process modeling techniques.Chapter 8 now includes an introduction to business process modeling and functional hierarchy modeling as alternatives to data flow diagramming. These three process–modeling techniques are compared so you know when to use each in practice.
• Unlike other SAD texts,Modern Systems Analysis and Design has continually offered strong coverage of RAD — an important element in systems design.

FEATURES THAT MAKE THIS EDITION AN INDISPENSABLE RESOURCE:

Expanded and updated coverage of systems analysis as a profession
Updated coverage of codes of conduct and new material on how systems professionals approach business problems with ethical considerations. Updated information on career paths with the latest information gathered from professional societies.

Net Search Exercises
New margin icons for Net Search exercises on the Web site can be found in every chapter. The icon signals when a topic in the text has a corresponding Net Search exercise on the Web site.Broadway Entertainment Company, Inc., BEC, a fictional video and record retailer, is a project case that allows you to study and develop a Web–based customer relationship management system.

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