Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World

by Rob Jackson, John W. Satzinger, Stephen Burd

This groundbreaking text provides the most comprehensive, balanced and up-to-date coverage of systems analysis and design available. The Second Edition offers an increased emphasis on project management roles and practices and maintains the First Edition's dual focus on the concepts and techniques from both the traditional, structured approach and the object-oriented approach to systems development. Instructors continue to have the flexibility to emphasize one approach over the other, or both, while referring to one integrated case study that runs through every chapter. Throughout, the authors emphasize fundamentals of lasting value, while addressing the diverse development environments available today.

Genres: Nonfiction, Textbooks, Technology, College, Reference

720 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Michelle and Kevin Douglas Provostial Professor and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Precourt Institute for Energy
[Earth System Science]

Rob Jackson and his lab examine the many ways people affect the Earth. They seek basic scientific knowledge and use it to help shape policies and reduce the environmental footprint of global warming, energy extraction, and other issues. They're currently examining the effects of climate change and drought on old-growth forests. They are also working to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the Global Carbon Project (globalcarbonproject.org), which Jackson chairs.

Rob is a current Djerassi artist in residence and a recent Guggenheim Fellow and sabbatical visitor in the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, and Ecological Society of America. He received a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering from the National Science Foundation, awarded at the White House.

Academic Appointments
Professor, Earth System Science
Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy

Reviews

[Preet]

Good detailed perspective

[Nathan Wilkie · Rating 4 out of 5]

An okay textbook with a lot of filler. This book builds off of itself quite a bit and creates some issues in understanding what the key takeaways are. It may be that the course I was taking was strait from cengage but tons of rote memorization which is indexed for easy review but not pragmatic in my opinion. If you are looking for getting an overview the material is extremely dry and doesn't have a lot of direct examples leading the book to seem superficial in comparison to a more in depth guide with some specificity. The book does two things okay rather than one thing well. The breadth of the book is why I am giving it a 4/5. If you are taking it for a class it is good to think of it as two courses in one. Depending on your professor you may or may not get any guidance to what the book is actually trying to accomplish. If you don't already understand SQL go with another book. The use of project management near the end of the course seems rudimentary as well but it does give you a vague glimpse into how things get done in the corporate environment (stating this as a former project manager). I'm not sure if there is a better way to put this information together besides splitting the subject into multiple books. If you are trying to absorb it all in one semester good luck.

[Heather Gray · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this course and the book very boring

[Arifurqon Abdillah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Baca pas skripsi, fix bikin skripsi gua...

[Shayan aminnjad · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good book, but I am not really a fan of such a way of designing software. however, it is worth to have a look at it.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a fantastic book! I could not afford the book, so I rented it and I will need to find a cheaper used "like new" version to use as a desk reference in the future. I think I just aged myself, lol, I don't care! This is really a fantastic book and that is saying alot for a textbook!!!

[Filipe Nau]

good

[Masyono]

very good

[Tim tehgeek · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some things were poorly explained, or not explained at all. Overall it had some good information though.

[Roni Saputra · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Siavash Alavian · Rating 3 out of 5]

SDLC basically analysis & design phase

[Gurlie]

SAD--8/7/2011