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Modern Systems Analysis and Design
The third edition of Modern Systems Analysis and Design investigates the very latest of systems analysis and design. Rather than looking strictly at the technological aspects, Hoffer, George and Valacich focus on the business perspective and the human, organizational and technical skills an information systems professional needs to be successful. Chapter topics cover foundations for systems development, making the business case, analysis, design, implementation and maintenance, and advanced analysis and design methods. For information systems professionals.
733 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1996
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April 29, 2020
Well, it's a textbook, so not exactly a compelling read. Also quite dated in terms of technicalities, and hardly touches Agile.
Lost another star for being oddly specific about how certain things should be done and built, while remaining vague and silent on others.
That being said, it provides a very comprehensive view of traditional SDLC methods, including all the pieces needed for a project manager to know.
Lost another star for being oddly specific about how certain things should be done and built, while remaining vague and silent on others.
That being said, it provides a very comprehensive view of traditional SDLC methods, including all the pieces needed for a project manager to know.
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July 10, 2010My textbook for this semester (I wish it's in hardcover)
May 31, 2017
A more details of each point of software development process Planning, Analysis, Design, Implementation and Maintenance
January 4, 2020
I wish more people in the IT industry read this book.
August 5, 2020
This is a reasonably balanced survey of systems topics for the IT professional. Some of the material appears dated, but IT is an area where it's hard not to be.
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January 23, 2024How do I read the book
March 31, 2014
I read this book as it was the required textbook for a systems design class that I took, and I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I think that it presents material in a good, progressive fashion. The material is real-world, it has three tangible example companies that provide for ample case studies in each chapter, and it is clearly illustrated and diagrammed.
I have two major qualms with the book, however, and one qualm with the material that accompanies it.
- First, the index was very disappointing. Part of my course was a 50-page systems design report, and much of the material I needed to discuss was from the textbook. Over half of the time, the term that I needed to look up (such as test case or test scenario, neither of which are esoteric terms) was not in the index. Several times, I found a word in the glossary and not the index, and in general it was difficult to figure out where material was. That wouldn't be such an issue if it weren't for point 2:
- Second, it was not intuitively organized. The organization wasn't horrible, but even after reading and studying the textbook, I still have difficulty finding things. Material was presented in a somewhat progressive format, and it wasn't very repetitive. While this is good in theory, that means that chapters 1-3 as well as 4-5 covered project planning topics. If something (such as how to draw a sequence diagram or how to calculate Return on Investment) is discussed, it will only be discussed briefly again. When the terms aren't found in the index, it makes it very difficult to find specific information.
- Last, I was very frustrated with the test bank that seemed to accompany the book. While this isn't a qualm with the book itself, and I'm not 100% positive it wasn't altered by the program, when googling unknown terms in practice tests, I was finding exact results, which means my professor wasn't the only one using those questions. The questions that were on the test were often very specific and nit-picky. This wasn't always a problem, but in several chapters, two or more terms may have had definitions that were vague or could potentially describe another term (since we were discussing different schools of thought in systems design, there were many equivalent concepts with different names). This led to some frustrating, ambiguous questions on tests and quizzes.
In short, the material presented in this book is great, but I spent far too much time frustratedly flipping through the book trying to find particular sentences to rate it higher than two stars. If you need this book for a class, you may want to try an ebook.
I have two major qualms with the book, however, and one qualm with the material that accompanies it.
- First, the index was very disappointing. Part of my course was a 50-page systems design report, and much of the material I needed to discuss was from the textbook. Over half of the time, the term that I needed to look up (such as test case or test scenario, neither of which are esoteric terms) was not in the index. Several times, I found a word in the glossary and not the index, and in general it was difficult to figure out where material was. That wouldn't be such an issue if it weren't for point 2:
- Second, it was not intuitively organized. The organization wasn't horrible, but even after reading and studying the textbook, I still have difficulty finding things. Material was presented in a somewhat progressive format, and it wasn't very repetitive. While this is good in theory, that means that chapters 1-3 as well as 4-5 covered project planning topics. If something (such as how to draw a sequence diagram or how to calculate Return on Investment) is discussed, it will only be discussed briefly again. When the terms aren't found in the index, it makes it very difficult to find specific information.
- Last, I was very frustrated with the test bank that seemed to accompany the book. While this isn't a qualm with the book itself, and I'm not 100% positive it wasn't altered by the program, when googling unknown terms in practice tests, I was finding exact results, which means my professor wasn't the only one using those questions. The questions that were on the test were often very specific and nit-picky. This wasn't always a problem, but in several chapters, two or more terms may have had definitions that were vague or could potentially describe another term (since we were discussing different schools of thought in systems design, there were many equivalent concepts with different names). This led to some frustrating, ambiguous questions on tests and quizzes.
In short, the material presented in this book is great, but I spent far too much time frustratedly flipping through the book trying to find particular sentences to rate it higher than two stars. If you need this book for a class, you may want to try an ebook.
February 17, 2017
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August 26, 2015
Pretty good. I found some of the explanations to be lengthier than necessary, and it's frustrating that no answers or solutions are provided to any of the end-of-the-chapter problems, but all in all a good book.
Also, my professor required the newest version (6th edition, I think), but I purchased this version instead for way cheaper. I rented the new version from the school library and did a very extensive and close analysis of all of the chapters to see what the differences were. In general, the differences were very few. The major difference is that they changed the end-of-chapter case studies, but if your professor won't be using those for the class (and mine did not), you can easily get away with using this book over the new, unjustifiably expensive newer edition.
Also, my professor required the newest version (6th edition, I think), but I purchased this version instead for way cheaper. I rented the new version from the school library and did a very extensive and close analysis of all of the chapters to see what the differences were. In general, the differences were very few. The major difference is that they changed the end-of-chapter case studies, but if your professor won't be using those for the class (and mine did not), you can easily get away with using this book over the new, unjustifiably expensive newer edition.
March 13, 2016
Textbook for my CIS 625 MBA class. Although the subject manner is very boring, the textbook is one of the most organized I've ever read/studied and is very thorough in its explanations and descriptions.
Sure, it is very odd that I would actually include a textbook on my shelf but I have to say that I don't ever remember actually reading a textbook from cover to cover - I guess it deserves to be on the shelf then! LOL. fyi - got an A in the class - the hardest I have ever worked to get an A I must say!
Sure, it is very odd that I would actually include a textbook on my shelf but I have to say that I don't ever remember actually reading a textbook from cover to cover - I guess it deserves to be on the shelf then! LOL. fyi - got an A in the class - the hardest I have ever worked to get an A I must say!
October 16, 2011
This book, I would like to read it again. Every thing in our world is a part of a system, coz that we need to understand the system we want to be a part of it.. some systems are designed, and other we need to design them.
February 25, 2014
This book was a struggle to get through. Some of the diagramming concept chapters were helpful, but a lot of the form and report design chapters, as well as their no-detail coding chapters seemed a waste of both space and time.
August 8, 2014
This is a great textbook and provided some material that had not been presented in prior courses. Plan reading when reading this textbook as some of the material may have to be read more than once for comprehension. This will be one that you do not want to speed read.
December 25, 2011
I think this book is a really interesting and so informative once,
it has a lot of information about the resources of the systems and the strategies about constructing them.
it has a lot of information about the resources of the systems and the strategies about constructing them.
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April 17, 2013Very important book and it considers as a basic guide for information systems analysts
September 1, 2015
It's a textbook so it's not going to knock your socks off but it covered the material well and in an understandable way.
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