Basic information systems analysis and design /

Chester, Myrvin, 1951-

Basic information systems analysis and design / Myrvin F. Chester and Avtar K. Athwall - London : McGraw-Hill Education, [2002] - ix, 243 p. ill., figs. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

The systems development life cycle and the systems analyst -- Requirements analysis: the discovery of what is needed -- Report writing and presentations for the systems analyst -- Soft systems techniques -- Entity relationship diagrams 1: logical data structures -- Entity relationship diagrams 2: more complex relationships -- Data flow diagrams 1: basic ideas -- Data flow diagrams 2: levels of data flow diagrams -- Entity life histories and object orientated techniques -- Process descriptions -- Logicalization -- Design of information systems -- Relational data analysis (normalization) -- Proposed data requirements -- Processing requirements -- Storage of data -- User interfaces -- System installation -- Documentation

This introduction to the essential features of the analysis and design of information systems has a straightforward approach. It provides the necessary foundations for the further study of information systems development.

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System analysis
Computer software--Development
Computing & information technology
Systems analysis & design