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You can’t truly understand Systems Analysis and Design (SAD) by only reading about it; you have to do it. In Systems Analysis and Design, Third Edition, Dennis, Wixom, and Roth offer a hands-on approach to actually doing SAD. Building on their experience as professional systems analysts and award-winning teachers, these three authors capture the experience of actually developing and analyzing systems. They focus on the core set of skills that all analysts must pos… More >>
Systems Analysis and Design with UML
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I have looked at over twenty books on UML and its updates over the past few years, and this book is a gem.
It is concise, and provides a clear picture of the entire systems design process
It shows how UML 2.0 can be used to support system requirements capture, specification, analysis, and design.
It clearly says what is important and what is not, and what is not covered in the book.
Very pleasing to look at visually, with nice pictures and colors, and very good use of footnotes.
I would recommend this highly to all university faculty considering creating or teaching a course in system design using UML. Excellent job by the authors in exceeding the goals and expectations set by this book.
The above views are my personal views, and don’t reflect those of any other institution.
I am using parts of it at a graduate course I teach at Georgia Tech.
Rating: 5 / 5
The book offers a very pragmatic approach to the subject of system analysis and design. It also has the advantage of not being dispersive, so the reader does never loose the focus. Repetition occurs only occasionally, for concepts that may be more hostile to digest.
The only thing that I reckon is missing is a support with some templates that is possible to use (e.g. a CD-ROM with examples of analysis and design).
Overall, I would say is a very good deal! Definitely worth having it!
Rating: 4 / 5
After reading a couple of ‘classic’ system analysis texts I felt I needed to read about system analysis and UML. This title had some good reviews so I purchased a copy.
This book did cover both system analysis and UML, but I felt that it did not cover either well. I had a hard time engaging with the content and linking it with my existing knowledge of UML and systems analysis.
If you are interested in UML and systems analysis I would recommend reading “Modern Structured Analysis” (Yourdon Press Computing Series) by Edward Yourdon, and finding a good UML 2 text (I’m lookging for one now).
For the price, I was expecting a much better book.
Rating: 2 / 5
The UML writing style of this book is very easy to follow, and a great way to gradually introduce the whole concept of object-oriented analysis and design methodologies to the readers, especially the beginners. The authors did a great job illustrating the entire system development life cycle with a coherent and realistic example using the latest UML notations, practical methodologies, and various analytical artifacts. The only criticism I have is that sometimes the description of a particular topic spans over multiple pages without sub-leveling or sub-topics or highlights, making it very difficult for user to go back and perhaps mine certain important concepts embedded in the discussion. Perhaps more generalization relationship and diagrams can be helpful. Overall, it is a very good source of reference for object-oriented design in layman’s term. I will strongly recommend it to my colleagues.
Rating: 5 / 5
I am in my senior year of college and have been using Amazon for quiet some time. This was the first time that my book never arrived. Worst off, the seller did not respond back in a timely manner and did not show me the level of customer service I expect from Amazon users. It was a hassle to buy from this seller and a terrible mistake.And also, it left me two weeks behind in school.
Rating: 1 / 5