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First published January 1, 1991

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820 reviews39 followers
July 23, 2024
Information technology (IT) is a fast-moving industry. Its impact on the modern world is also immense, whether in personal, business, or governmental domains. Almost no medium-sized businesses can survive without a robust IT policy. Despite being critical, those interested in joining the IT workforce will find their skills, gained through education, become quickly outdated. Twenty-five years ago, I gained knowledge from textbooks like this by earning a bachelor’s degree in computer science, yet the field has shifted dramatically since then. Computer security, cloud computing, and agile methods – now dominant concerns – had minimal-to-no discussion during my education. So I picked up this book to get a bird’s eye view of the industry again.

It’s worth noting that this book was published in 2017 and is itself quickly becoming outdated. Nonetheless, it has been published recently enough to point to major industry trends still at play. My work as a developer provides an excellent place to solve individual problems through detailed problems, but this book allowed me to zoom out to see the enterprise as a whole. Sure, I skimmed some sections because I knew them so well, but I also slowed down at others that provided more detail.

The book focuses on workers who are not programmers but instead the people through whom programmers interface with the business. Topics include project management, systems analysis, design, implementation, support, and cybersecurity. Comprehensive in scope, this book referred to several tools that I rarely use in my work. By reminding me of their existence, it put a few tools back into my toolbox. It also introduced me to a few new ways to accomplish work more intelligently, like GanttProject.

Nothing that this book says is revolutionary. It’s more of a textbook than an argument for a new paradigm. I wish it’d have more notes to the original literature so that I could find another work or two on a given area instead of the usual Amazon or Google search. Nonetheless, it provided a thorough, broad view of the “shoreline” of IT – something I could always use. A textbook is less inexpensive and less stressful than going to a conference, so I believe my time here was well spent.
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127 reviews19 followers
December 15, 2010
A school book - densely written full of business lingo that not a lot of businesses use. And while I suppose it is good tot each folks how outlook is used in the context of the office - it is a bit hard to read about using PDAs in the era of the smart phone. This is the balance I suppose professors reach when they pick a book more likely to be bought used, thus making it affordable for students.
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19 reviews
March 11, 2018
Disclaimer I needed this book for a class and in no way went through the full ridiculous amount of bland content in it. I'd have just used an old edition for a class since the content is ridiculously similar, but they change questions to try and force you to buy newer editions. This book covers the most obvious content with ridiculous depth that is rather unwarranted. Which isn't horrible in and of itself, but then it will gloss over topics like black box abstractions which really deserves it's own section as it's the bedrock of designing any system.
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October 16, 2020
This book was used in my Computer Programming/Analyst Program. I picked this book up again this year to remind myself of some of the essentials. Its a pretty good overall reference of the process, however having experience watching the implementation of 2 large systems in large global corporations this process seems to be rarely followed textbook style. Elements are followed but definately not as tightly. I think a lot has changed since this book wss relessed as well. Real-world expetience is definately needed to understand reality of deployment. Especially from the development side.
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380 reviews9 followers
March 11, 2021
It's fine. If you gave no real world experience working in tech. Which is why it's an entry-level textbook, I guess.
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June 4, 2023
A good introduction to systems analysis concepts, but I wish there were more concrete resources to help actually do the work described in the text.
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August 2, 2015
Great for someone brand new to the world, such as an eighteen year old just digging into information studies. Rather overkill for a mid-career progressional. Read this for a 300-level Systems Analysis and Design class.
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August 22, 2008
Systems Analysis and Design, Seventh Edition (Shelly Cashman) by Gary B. Shelly (2007)
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April 23, 2013
I read the 2012 edition of this imagine this to be the same with some newer technology. It teaches the task and thats about the best I can say about it.
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2 reviews1 follower
March 18, 2016
Good conceptual primer

Must read for freshman level tech analyst or anyone needing to prop for project management. Lots of product plugs but still a great resource.
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10 reviews1 follower
June 27, 2016
Very informative. Easy read.

Easy to follow and reference. Recommend for anyone interested in becoming a Network Admin. Can't complain about content because I got an A in the class.
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