Essentials of System Analysis and Design

For undergraduate and graduate course in structured systems analysis and design. This text is a briefer version of the authors' successful Modern System Analysis and Design, designed for courses seeking a streamlined approach to the material due to course duration, lab assignments, or special projects. It features the "systems development life cycle model" which is used as an organizing tool throughout the book.

Part 1 Foundations for Systems Development Chapter 1 The Systems Development Environment Chapter 2 The Sources of Software Chapter 3 Managing the Information Systems Project Part 2 Systems Planning and Selection Chapter 4 Systems Planning and Selection Part 3 Systems Analysis Chapter 5 Determining System Requirements Chapter 6 Structuring System Requirements: Process Modeling Chapter 7 Structuring System Requirements: Conceptual Data Modeling Part 4 Systems Design Chapter 8 Designing the Human Interface Chapter 9 Designing Databases Part 5 Systems Implementation and Operation Chapter 10 Systems Implementation and Operation Appendix A Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Appendix B Agile Methodologies References Glossary of Acronyms Glossary of Terms Index