Kendall, Kenneth E.

Systems analysis and design / Kenneth E. Kendall, Julie E. Kendall - 3rd edition - New Jesrey : Prentice Hall, c1995 - xvi, (various pagings) : ill.(some col.) ; 27 cm.

Part One. System Analysis Fundamentals

1. Assuming the Role of the Systems Analyst
Information as an Organizational Resource
Systems Analysis and Design Concept
Role of Systems Analyst
etc

2. Understanding organizational style and its impact on the information systems
Organizational Fundamentals
Organizations as Systems
Depicting Systems Graphically
etc.

3. Determining Feasibility and Managing Analysis and Design Activities
Project Fundamentals
Project initiation
Determining Feasibility
etc

4. Sampling and Investigating Hard Data
Sampling
Kinds of Information sought in Investigation
Summary
etc

5. Interview
Kinds of Information Sought
Planning the Interview
Conducting the Actual interview
etc

6. Using Questionnaires
Kinds of Information Sought
Planning the use of questionnaires
Using Scales in questionnaires
etc

7. Observing Decision- maker behavior and office Environment
Kinds of Information sought
Observing a Decision Maker's Behavior
Observing the physical environment
etc

8. Prototyping
Kinds of information sought
Initial User Reactions
Approaches to prototyping
etc.

9. Using Data Flow Diagrams
The Data Flow Approach to requirements
Developing Data Flow Diagrams
Logical and Physical Data Flow Diagrams
etc

10. Analyzing systems Using Data Dictionaries
The Data Dictionary
The Data Repository
Creating Data Dictionary
etc.

11. Describing Process Specifications and structured Decisions
Methods Available
Overview of Process Specifications
Structured English
etc






Includes index.

0134366921 9780131488830

92227586


System analysis.
System design.

004.21 / KEN