Systems analysis design / Alan Dennis, Barbara Wixom, Roberta M. Roth.

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Dennis, Alan

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2006.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xx, 555 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

047172257X

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Systems analysis & design [Spine title]

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DDC classification:

005.21 DEN

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Put SAD into action!

You can't truly understand Systems Analysis and Design (SAD) by only reading about it; you have to do it. In Systems Analysis and Design, Third Edition, Dennis, Wixom, and Roth offer a hands-on approach to actually doing SAD. Building on their experience as professional systems analysts and award-winning teachers, these three authors capture the experience of actually developing and analyzing systems. They focus on the core set of skills that all analysts must possess--from gathering requirements and modeling business needs, to creating blueprints for how the system should be built.

Features
* New and expanded coverage, including expanded coverage of functional and nonfunctional requirements; new event-action lists; a new extended example of process modeling and data modeling; expanded discussion of the use and interpretation of the weighted alternative matrix as well as RFPs, RFI, and RFQs; a new emphasis on the Migration Plan; and new coverage of business contingency planning during implementation.
* Focus on doing SAD. After presenting the how and what of each major technique, the text guides you through practice problems and invites you to use the technique in a project.
* Project-based approach. Topics are presented in the order in which an analyst would encounter them in a typical project.
* Real-life examples include a running case, which serves as a template that you can apply to your own work, and Concepts in Action examples that describe how real companies succeeded (and failed) in performing SAD activities.
* Object-oriented concepts and techniques are included throughout the book, and a final chapter focuses on the major elements of UML. Coverage is updated to reflect the innovations of UML Version 2.0.
* Student Website includes hands-on exercises, templates for project deliverables, PowerPoint slides, and relevant Internet links.

Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. xiii)
Chapter 1 Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design (p. 1)
Introduction (p. 2)
The Systems Development Life Cycle (p. 4)
Planning (p. 6)
Analysis (p. 6)
Design (p. 7)
Implementation (p. 7)
Systems Development Methodologies (p. 8)
Structured Design (p. 10)
Rapid Application Development (RAD) (p. 12)
Agile Development (p. 16)
Selecting the Appropriate Development Methodology (p. 18)
Project Team Skills and Roles (p. 20)
Business Analyst (p. 21)
Systems Analyst (p. 22)
Infrastructure Analyst (p. 22)
Change Management Analyst (p. 22)
Project Manager (p. 23)
Summary (p. 23)
Part 1 Planning Phase (p. 29)
Chapter 2 Project Initiation (p. 31)
Introduction (p. 32)
Project Identification (p. 33)
System Request (p. 35)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 36)
Feasibility Analysis (p. 39)
Technical Feasibility (p. 39)
Economic Feasibility (p. 40)
Organizational Feasibility (p. 46)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 49)
Project Selection (p. 52)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 53)
Summary (p. 55)
Chapter 3 Project Management (p. 61)
Introduction (p. 62)
Identifying Project Size (p. 62)
Function Point Approach (p. 64)
Creating and Managing the Workplan (p. 70)
Identify Tasks (p. 70)
The Project Workplan (p. 72)
Gantt Chart (p. 72)
PERT Chart (p. 74)
Refining Estimates (p. 75)
Scope Management (p. 77)
Timeboxing (p. 78)
Staffing the Project (p. 79)
Staffing Plan (p. 79)
Motivation (p. 82)
Handling Conflict (p. 83)
Coordinating Project Activities (p. 84)
CASE Tools (p. 84)
Standards (p. 85)
Documentation (p. 86)
Managing Risk (p. 87)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 89)
Staffing the Project (p. 92)
Coordinating Project Activities (p. 93)
Summary (p. 93)
Part 2 Analysis Phase (p. 99)
Chapter 4 Requirements Determination (p. 101)
Introduction (p. 102)
Requirements Determination (p. 103)
What is a Requirement? (p. 103)
Requirements Definition (p. 106)
Determining Requirements (p. 107)
Creating the Requirements Definition (p. 108)
Requirements Analysis Techniques (p. 108)
Business Process Automation (p. 109)
Business Process Improvement (p. 110)
Business Process Reengineering (p. 113)
Comparing Analysis Techniques (p. 114)
Requirements-Gathering Techniques (p. 116)
Requirements-Gathering in Practice (p. 117)
Interviews (p. 118)
Joint Application Development (JAD) (p. 125)
Questionnaires (p. 128)
Document Analysis (p. 131)
Observation (p. 133)
Selecting the Appropriate Techniques (p. 134)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 136)
Requirements Analysis Techniques (p. 136)
Requirements-Gathering Techniques (p. 136)
Requirements Definition (p. 137)
System Proposal (p. 138)
Summary (p. 139)
Chapter 5 Use Case Analysis (p. 143)
Introduction (p. 148)
Use Cases (p. 149)
Elements of a Use Case (p. 149)
Building Use Cases (p. 151)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 155)
Identifying the Major Use Cases (p. 155)
Identifying the Major Steps for Each Use Case (p. 158)
Identifying the Elements within Steps (p. 162)
Confirming the Use Case (p. 162)
Revising the Requirements Definition (p. 166)
Summary (p. 166)
Chapter 6 Process Modeling (p. 171)
Introduction (p. 172)
Data Flow Diagrams (p. 172)
Reading Data Flow Diagrams (p. 172)
Elements of Data Flow Diagrams (p. 174)
Using Data Flow Diagrams to Define Business Processes (p. 176)
Process Descriptions (p. 180)
Creating Data Flow Diagrams (p. 180)
Creating the Context Diagram (p. 182)
Creating Data Flow Diagram Fragments (p. 182)
Creating the Level 0 Flow Diagram (p. 184)
Creating Level 1 Data Flow Diagrams (and Below) (p. 185)
Validating the Data Flow Diagrams (p. 188)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 191)
Creating the Context Diagram (p. 192)
Creating Data Flow Diagram Fragments (p. 192)
Creating the Level 0 Data Flow Diagram (p. 193)
Creating Level 1 Data Flow Diagrams (and Below) (p. 194)
Validating the Data Flow Diagrams (p. 198)
Summary (p. 198)
Appendix A Process Modeling at Custom MetalWorks (p. 202)
Chapter 7 Data Modeling (p. 211)
Introduction (p. 212)
The Entity Relationship Diagram (p. 212)
Reading an Entity Relationship Diagram (p. 213)
Elements of an Entity Relationship Diagram (p. 214)
The Data Dictionary and Metadata (p. 219)
Creating an Entity Relationship Diagram (p. 220)
Building Entity Relationship Diagrams (p. 221)
Advanced Syntax (p. 224)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 227)
Validating and ERD (p. 230)
Design Guidelines (p. 230)
Normalization (p. 233)
Balancing Entity Relationship Diagrams with Data Flow Diagrams (p. 238)
Summary (p. 240)
Appendix A Data Modeling at Custom MetalWorks (p. 245)
Part 3 Design Phase (p. 251)
Chapter 8 Moving Into Design (p. 255)
Introduction (p. 254)
Transition from Requirements to Design (p. 254)
System Acquisition Strategies (p. 257)
Custom Development (p. 257)
Packaged Software (p. 258)
Outsourcing (p. 260)
Influences on Acquisition Strategy (p. 261)
Business Need (p. 262)
In-house Experience (p. 262)
Project Skills (p. 263)
Project Management (p. 263)
Time Frame (p. 264)
Selecting an Acquisition Strategy (p. 264)
Alternative Matrix (p. 265)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 267)
Summary (p. 269)
Chapter 9 Architecture Design (p. 273)
Introduction (p. 274)
Elements of an Architecture Design (p. 274)
Architectural Components (p. 274)
Server-Based Architectures (p. 275)
Client-Based Architectures (p. 275)
Client-Server Architectures (p. 276)
Client-Server Tiers (p. 278)
Comparing Architecture Options (p. 280)
Creating an Architecture Design (p. 282)
Operational Requirements (p. 283)
Performance Requirements (p. 284)
Security Requirements (p. 286)
Cultural and Political Requirements (p. 291)
Designing the Architecture (p. 293)
Hardware and Software Specification (p. 295)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 297)
Creating an Architecture Design (p. 297)
Hardware and Software Specification (p. 300)
Summary (p. 300)
Chapter 10 User Interface Design (p. 305)
Introduction (p. 306)
Principles for User Interface Design (p. 306)
Layout (p. 307)
Content Awareness (p. 309)
Aesthetics (p. 311)
User Experience (p. 313)
Consistency (p. 314)
Minimize User Effort (p. 314)
User Interface Design Process (p. 315)
Use Scenario Development (p. 316)
Interface Structure Design (p. 317)
Interface Standards Design (p. 319)
Interface Design Prototyping (p. 321)
Interface Evaluation (p. 323)
Navigation Design (p. 325)
Basic Principles (p. 325)
Types of Navigation Controls (p. 326)
Messages (p. 330)
Input Design (p. 331)
Basic Principles (p. 331)
Types of Inputs (p. 334)
Input Validation (p. 334)
Output Design (p. 337)
Basic Principles (p. 337)
Types of Outputs (p. 340)
Media (p. 340)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 342)
Use Scenario Development (p. 342)
Interface Structure Design (p. 342)
Interface Standards Design (p. 346)
Interface template Design (p. 346)
Design Prototyping (p. 347)
Interface Evaluation (p. 348)
Summary (p. 348)
Chapter 11 Program Design (p. 357)
Introduction (p. 358)
Moving from Logical to Physical Process Models (p. 358)
The Physical Data Flow Diagram (p. 358)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 362)
Designing Programs (p. 363)
Structure Chart (p. 366)
Syntax (p. 366)
Building the Structure Chart (p. 369)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 372)
Design Guidelines (p. 376)
Program Specification (p. 382)
Syntax (p. 382)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 385)
Summary (p. 388)
Chapter 12 Data Storage Design (p. 397)
Introduction (p. 398)
Data Storage Formats (p. 398)
Files (p. 399)
Databases (p. 401)
Selecting a Storage Format (p. 407)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 409)
Moving from Logical to Physical Data Models (p. 410)
The Physical Entity Relationship Diagram (p. 410)
Revisiting the CRUD Matrix (p. 414)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 414)
Optimizing Data Storage (p. 416)
Optimizing Storage Efficiency (p. 417)
Optimizing Access Speed (p. 419)
Estimating Storage Size (p. 424)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 426)
Summary (p. 428)
Part 4 Implementation Phase (p. 435)
Chapter 13 Moving Into Implementation (p. 437)
Introduction (p. 438)
Managing the Programming Process (p. 438)
Assigning Programming Tasks (p. 438)
Coordinating Activities (p. 439)
Managing the Schedule (p. 440)
Testing (p. 441)
Test Planning (p. 442)
Unit Tests (p. 445)
Integration Tests (p. 445)
System Tests (p. 447)
Acceptance Tests (p. 447)
Developing Documentation (p. 447)
Types of Documentation (p. 449)
Designing Documentation Structure (p. 449)
Writing Documentation Topics (p. 451)
Identifying Navigation Terms (p. 452)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 454)
Managing Programming (p. 454)
Testing (p. 454)
Developing User Documentation (p. 457)
Summary (p. 458)
Chapter 14 Transition to the New System (p. 463)
Introduction (p. 464)
Making the Transition to the New System (p. 464)
The Migration Plan (p. 465)
Selecting a Conversion Strategy (p. 466)
Preparing a Business Contingency Plan (p. 470)
Preparing the Technology (p. 472)
Preparing People for the New System (p. 473)
Understanding Resistance to Change (p. 473)
Revising Management Policies (p. 475)
Assessing Costs and Benefits (p. 476)
Motivating Adoption (p. 478)
Enabling Adoption: Training (p. 480)
Postimplementation Activities (p. 482)
System Support (p. 482)
System Maintenance (p. 483)
Project Assessment (p. 486)
Applying the Concepts at CD Selections (p. 488)
Implementation Process (p. 488)
Preparing the People (p. 489)
Postimplementation Activities (p. 489)
Summary (p. 489)
Chapter 15 The Movement to Objects (p. 495)
Introduction (p. 496)
Basic Characteristics of Object-Oriented Systems (p. 497)
Classes and Objects (p. 497)
Methods and Messages (p. 498)
Encapsulation and Information Hiding (p. 498)
Inheritance (p. 499)
Polymorphism and Dynamic Binding (p. 500)
Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design (p. 502)
Use Case Driven (p. 502)
Architecture Centric (p. 503)
Iterative and Incremental (p. 503)
Benefits of Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design (p. 503)
Unified Modeling Language Version 2.0 (p. 504)
The Rational Unified Process (RUP) (p. 506)
Four Fundamental UML Diagrams (p. 506)
Use Case Diagram (p. 507)
Elements of a Use Case Diagram (p. 509)
Creating a Use Case Diagram (p. 512)
Class Diagram (p. 514)
Elements of a Class Diagram (p. 515)
Simplifying Class Diagrams (p. 520)
Creating a Class Diagram (p. 521)
Sequence Diagram (p. 525)
Creating a Sequence Diagram (p. 526)
Behavioral State Machine Diagram (p. 529)
Elements of a Behavioral State Machine Diagram (p. 530)
Creating a Behavioral State Machine Diagram (p. 531)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr. Alan Dennis holds the John T. Chambers Chair of Internet Systems in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Dr. Dennis has won numerous awards for teaching data communications and networking and for his research on collaboration and the Internet. He is an Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly and serves as the Executive Editor for MIS Quarterly Executive. He received his Ph.D. in management information systems from the University of Arizona, his MBA from Queen's University in Ontario, and his Bachelor of Computer Science from Acadia University in Nova Scotia.