Synopses & Reviews
The most practical text on SAD–now available in UML!Get in on the cutting edge of the exciting field of Systems Analysis and Design (SAD) with a book that not only teaches you the basic skills, but how to put them into practice. Adopting a UML object-oriented approach, three recognized SAD experts address the theory and the practice you need to excel in this dynamic and ever-growing field.
Each chapter in the text describes one par of the SAD process, with clear explanations of what it is and how to implement it, along with detailed examples and exercises designed to help you practice what you've learned. The overall focus is on the specific tasks analysis must perform during the course of a project, and the deliverables that will be produced.
Still focused on the SAD basics–and now completely object oriented–the book offers several outstanding features designed to help you become a successful systems analyst:
- Focus on practical, hands-on involvement in the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process.
- Case studies offers rich examples of both success and failure.
- Incorporates object-oriented concepts and techniques throughout.
- Takes a "real world" approach based on the authors' extensive experience in the field.
- Presents topics in the order in which they are encountered in a typical project.
- A strong graphic organization highlights important elements of SAD and ties together steps in the process.
- A supplementary Web site offers a variety of resources designed to complement the learning process.
Synopsis
Jr/Sr/Grad course (one or two terms) in systems analysis and design. Core course(s) for IS majors. Most texts cover SAD using the "traditional" structured approach (Dennis: SAD). The Object-Oriented models have been growing in importance and the market itself is growing.
Synopsis
A modern, hands-on approach to doing SAD––in UML!Get the core skills you need to actually dosystems analysis and design with this highly practical, hands-on approach to SAD using UML! Authors Alan Dennis, Barbara Haley Wixom, and David Tegarden guide you through each part of the SAD process, with clear explanations of what it is and how to implement it, along with detailed examples and exercises that allow you to practice what you’ve learned.
Now updated to include UML Version 2.0 and revised, this Second Edition features a new chapter on the Unified Process, increased coverage of project management, and more examples.
Highlights
- Written in UML: The text takes a contemporary, object-oriented approach using UML.
- Focus on doing SAD: After presenting the how and what of each major technique, the text guides you through practice problems and then invites you to use the technique in a project.
- Rich examples of both success and failure: Concepts in Action boxes describe how real companies succeeded and failed in performing the activities in the chapters.
- Project approach: Each chapter focuses on a different step in the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process. Topics are presented in the order in which they are encountered in a typical project.
- A running case: This case threaded throughout the text allows you to apply each concept you have learned.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Chapter 1. Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design.
Chapter 2. Introduction to Object-Oriented Systems Analysis & Design with Unified Modeling Language, Version 2.0.
PART ONE: PLANNING PHASE.
Chapter 3. Project Initiation.
Chapter 4. Project Management.
PART TWO: ANALYSIS PHASE.
Chapter 5. Requirements Determination.
Chapter 6. Functional Modeling.
Chapter 7. Structural Modeling.
Chapter 8. Behavioral Modeling.
PART THREE: DESIGN PHASE.
Chapter 9. Moving on to Design.
Chapter 10. Class and Method Design.
Chapter 11. Data Management Layering.
Chapter 12. Human Computer Interaction Design.
Chapter 13. Physical Architecture Layer Design.
PART FOUR: IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
Chapter 14. Construction.
Chapter 15. Installation and Operations.
Index.