This edition continues to react to changes and expected changes in the information technology domain including Year 2000 (Y2K) compatibility,client/server computing,the Internet,intranets,and extranets. Finally,there are exciting systems analysis and design challenges with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications (such as SAP),systems integration,and business process redesign.
Today’s students want to "practice" the application of concepts,not just study them. As with the previous editions of this book,the authors wrote it to:
1) Balance the coverage of concepts,tools,techniques,and their applications
2) Provide the most examples of system analysis and design deliverables available in any book
3) Balance the coverage of classical methods (such as structured analysis and information engineering) and emerging methods (e. g.,object-oriented analysis and rapid application development).
Additionally,the textbook can serve the reader as a post-course,professional refer-ence for best current practices.
This text for practical graduate and undergraduate courses in information systems development discusses systems analysis and development methodology, and describes activities, tools, and techniques for analyzing business requirements for an improved system in the front-end, middle life, and back-end cycles. The authors also provide modules on phases of systems development that span life cycles, such as project management, information gathering, cost- benefit analysis, and joint application development. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.