Features

Features a clear presentation of material that organizes both the chapters and the book around The Systems Development Life Cycle Model, providing students with a comprehensive format to follow that covers:

• An overview of systems development and an overview of the rest of the text (Part I: Foundations for System Development)
• How to assess project feasibility and build the baseline project plan (Part II: Systems Planning and Selection)
• Determining system requirements, process modeling, and conceptual modeling (Part III: Systems Analysis)
• How to design the human interface and databases (Part IV: Systems Design)
• System implementation, operation, closedown, and system maintenance (Part V: Systems Implementation and Operation).