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Summary: Good Teaching Resource
I have taught systems analysis and design methods for four years using this text or its previous editions. It has its strong and weak points. It covers the basics very well, and gives the students a good grounding in classical techniques. The authors have done a lot to include object-oriented techniques in the 6th and 7th editions. This meets my prefered approach since both techniques have their value, and analysts need to be familiar with both.
However, there are weaknesses. The authors focus on more traditional applications, with less coverage of more recent developments than I would like. Yes, they discuss web applications and some e-commerce elements, but it is "bolted on" and not well integrated into the methodology. Much of their GUI design sections need to be updated with a more web-centric approach, as most applications are going that way.
Finally, they fail to address in any substantive way how analysts shoud address the modern security needs around data integrity, user authentication, user authorization, the related access control issues, data privacy, appropriate use of encryption, and last but certaintly not least, backup and recovery of data content. It is my opinion that each of these topics need to be built into the process, not bolted on, and that to do this, it should be integral to the training of the analyst. These ommissions lead to my rating of 4 stars for an otherwise excellent text.
Summary: Good Coverage of the Field, but a bit too much Microsoft
With all the advances in computers, including the availability of industry specific software, industry still has huge demands for systems that facilitate the operation of their company. This book is oriented to teach those who design such systems. This book is intended to be a text for undergraduate college students. It is recommended that the student have at least a computer literacy class as a prerequisite. I believe that I would also require at least one programming cource to give the student some idea of what he will be asking the coders and programmers to do.
Overall I rate the book as excellent for its intended purpose of enabling the understanding of what a system has to do to please everyone from the person putting in the raw data to management getting the reports they need out of the system.
The one complaint I have is that the book is very Microsoft oriented. For instance, in the section on database design, the book talks about making a desktop prototype of the main database using MSDE. Oracle and SAP are barely mentioned, and Linux isn't even in the index. In the real world the student needs to understand that Microsoft doesn't own everything.
Summary: Excellent for System Analysts.
This book is clearly written for those who are seeking to be System Analysts. A significant chunk of pages are dedicated to their specific role.
The book covers everything from Database Design, Project Management, Process Management, Object Oriented Programming, UML Diagrams, and System Design. Obviously, no textbook can cover all the topics in depth.
Overall, the textbook is very well written and easy to read. The summaries at the end of chapters were very well done. The questions were quite thought provoking.
If you are a System Analyst or would like to be one, this book is highly informative. If not, then you will still get a good overview Information Technology.
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