Description

For courses in Systems Analysis and Design, Structured

A clear presentation of information, organised around the systems development life cycle model

This briefer version of the authors’ highly successful Modern System Analysis and Design is a clear presentation of information, organised around the systems development life cycle model. Designed for courses needing a streamlined approach to the material due to course duration, lab assignments, or special projects, it emphasises current changes in systems analysis and design, and shows the concepts in action through illustrative fictional cases.

Features

Features a clear presentation of material that organises both the chapters and the book around The Systems Development Life Cycle Model, providing students with a comprehensive format to follow that covers:

• An overview of systems development and an overview of the rest of the text (Part I: Foundations for System Development)
• How to assess project feasibility and build the baseline project plan (Part II: Systems Planning and Selection)
• Determining system requirements, process modeling, and conceptual modeling (Part III: Systems Analysis)
• How to design the human interface and databases (Part IV: Systems Design)
• System implementation, operation, closedown, and system maintenance (Part V: Systems Implementation and Operation).

Provides the latest in systems analysis and design, including:

• Expanded coverage of business processes. Process modeling is at the heart of systems analysis and design. Data flow diagrams have been a staple of this book since its first edition, but now they are framed in the context of business process diagramming. The beginning of Chapter 6 has been rewritten to show how data flow diagrams are just one of many common methods for modeling business processes. Business processes are defined and illustrated before the discussion of data flow diagrams begins.
• Updated illustrations of technology. Screen captures have been updated throughout the text to show examples using the latest versions of programming and Internet development environments, and user interface designs.
• Updated content. Throughout the book, the content in each chapter has been updated where appropriate.

Students see the concepts in action through three illustrative fictional cases:

• Pine Valley Furniture (PVF). This case is introduced in Chapter 3 and revisited throughout the book. Key systems development life cycle concepts are applied and illustrated as they are presented.
  • Updates to the WebStore running case. Since the advent of electronic commerce, this book has featured an end-of-chapter Pine Valley Furniture case focused on the WebStore, an e-commerce application for PVF. In the current edition, the WebStore case has been expanded to include the analysis, design and testing of a new mobile app for PVF. Development of the e-commerce application and the mobile app now go hand-in-hand in the revised case.
• Hoosier Burger (HB). This second illustrative case is introduced in Chapter 6 and revisited throughout the book. Hoosier Burger is a fictional fast-food restaurant in Bloomington, Indiana. This case illustrates how analysts would develop and implement an automated food ordering system. A margin icon identifies the location of these case segments. A case problem related to HB is included in the end-of-chapter material.
• Petrie’s Electronics. This fictional electronics retailer is used as an extended case at the end of each chapter, beginning with Chapter 2. Designed to bring the chapter concepts to life, this case illustrates how a company initiates, plans, models, designs, and implements a Web-based customer loyalty program. Discussion questions are included to promote critical thinking and class participation. Suggested solutions to the discussion questions are provided in the Instructor’s Manual.

New to this Edition

Provides the latest in systems analysis and design, including:

• Expanded coverage of business processes. Process modeling is at the heart of systems analysis and design. Data flow diagrams have been a staple of this book since its first edition, but now they are framed in the context of business process diagramming. The beginning of Chapter 6 has been rewritten to show how data flow diagrams are just one of many common methods for modeling business processes. Business processes are defined and illustrated before the discussion of data flow diagrams begins.
• Updated illustrations of technology. Screen captures have been updated throughout the text to show examples using the latest versions of programming and Internet development environments, and user interface designs.
• Updated content. Throughout the book, the content in each chapter has been updated where appropriate.

Students see the concepts in action through illustrative fictional cases:

• Updates to the WebStore running case. Since the advent of electronic commerce, this book has featured an end-of-chapter Pine Valley Furniture case focused on the WebStore, an e-commerce application for PVF. In the current edition, the WebStore case has been expanded to include the analysis, design and testing of a new mobile app for PVF. Development of the e-commerce application and the mobile app now go hand-in-hand in the revised case.

Table of Contents

• PART I FOUNDATIONS FOR SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
• Chapter 1 The Systems Development Environment 
• Chapter 2 The Sources of Software 
• Chapter 3 Managing the Information Systems Project
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• PART II SYSTEMS PLANNING AND SELECTION
• Chapter 4 Systems Planning and Selection 
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• PART III SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
• Chapter 5 Determining System Requirements  
• Chapter 6 Structuring System Requirements: Process Modeling  
• Chapter 7 Structuring System Requirements: Conceptual Data Modeling 
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• PART IV SYSTEMS DESIGN
• Chapter 8 Designing the Human Interface 
• Chapter 9 Designing Databases 
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• PART V SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION
• Chapter 10    Systems Implementation and Operation 
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• Appendix A    Object-Oriented Analysis and Design  
• Appendix B    Agile Methodologies