Systems Analysis & Design in a Changing World, Fourth Edition

Building on its continued success this text has been revised to provide the most comprehensive, balanced and up-to-date coverage of systems analysis and design available. The Fourth Edition maintains the dual focus on the concepts and techniques from both the traditional, structured approach and the object-oriented approach to systems development. Instructors have the flexibility to emphasize one approach over the other, or both, while referring to one integrated case study that runs through every chapter.

Building on its continued success this text has been revised to provide the most comprehensive, balanced and up-to-date coverage of systems analysis and design available. The Fourth Edition maintains the dual focus on the concepts and techniques from both the traditional, structured approach and the object-oriented approach to systems development. Instructors have the flexibility to emphasize one approach over the other, or both, while referring to one integrated case study that runs through every chapter.

John Satzinger is a Professor in the Computer Information Systems department at Missouri State University. With more than 15 years of teaching and research experience at leading CIS and MIS university programs, Dr. Satzinger's interests and specialties include systems analysis and design, graphical user interface design, object-oriented development, and database and client-server development. He holds an MBA from Cal Poly University and earned his Ph.D. at the Claremont Graduate University.

Robert Jackson is a retired member of the faculty of the Information Systems Department at Brigham Young University. He has researched, published, and taught in the areas of object-oriented systems development, e-commerce, Web systems, project management, and information systems education. Dr. Jackson received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brigham Young University. He is currently self-employed as a principal in several new e-commerce ventures, where he gets to practice the analysis, design, and business principles contained in his textbooks.

Stephen Burd is an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico, where he has been teaching courses in management information systems, networks, databases, and hardware/software since 1984. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Baltimore, and his Ph.D. from Purdue University, and has authored more than seven top-selling textbooks for Course Technology.