Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN IN A CHANGING WORLD teaches the conceptual technical and managerial foundations for systems analysis design and implementation, as well as project management principles for systems development projects. The fifth edition continues the book's popular format of teaching both approaches to systems analysis and design: the traditional (structured) and the object-oriented (OO). This new edition offers expanded coverage of the object-oriented approach to design in two newly formed chapters, with Chapter 11 concentrating on principles and Chapter 12 covering use case realizations in depth. New and enhanced coverage of project management also teaches important issues related to adaptive projects as well as the traditional predictive approach to projects. Added perspective is provided for students via the running case studies and Best Practices" feature."

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.