Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design

by Joseph S. Valacich, Joey F. George, Jeffrey A. Hoffer, et al.

Book Overview

George (information systems, Florida State University) explains concepts and skills that students need to become effective systems analysts and create information systems for businesses. Focus is on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131133268
• ISBN13: 9780131133266
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
• Length: 528 Pages

Customer Reviews

Good Introductary Book

This is a good book to learn the basic and fundamental concepts behind Object-Oriented System Analysis

Informative and useful, but could be better

This is quite informative text on OOSAD. I did not read it from cover to cover, but as much as I have, it seemed dry at times, and I think it should employ more diagrams and more colors ;) The only three colors you can find in this text are black, white, and blue. That's it. If you're a visual person (like me), you would want some colorful diagrams and screen shots - sort of like used in System analysis and design by Shelly, Cashman, and Rosenblattt. Anyways. Brief content as follows: Part 1: Foundations of object-oriented systems development. -ch 1. The OO system development environment -ch 2. Introduction to object orientation Part 2: Project management and planning -ch 3. Managing the OO information system project -ch 4. Selecting and planning projects Part 3: System Analysis -ch 5. Determining OO system requirements. -ch 6. Structuring system requirements: use-case description and diagrams -ch 7. Conceptual data modeling -ch 8. Object-relational modeling -ch 9. Analysis classes -ch10. Selecting the best alternative design strategy Part 4: System design -ch11. Physical database design -ch12. Design elements -ch13. Designing the human interface Part 5: System implementation and operation -ch14. OOSAD implementation and operation Good things about this book (if you're a student) are for example: -it uses bold font to designate key terms. It is possible to find books out there which use italics, and it is hard to find key terms if you need them. -it lists key terms and page numbers at the end of each chapter. I happened to use "New Perspective" series some time ago (for Excel 07 and Access 07), and they don't have page numbers where to find key terms. That's can be a hassle. -it explains UML diagrams used in OO quite well (to my limited understanding).