Object-Oriented System Analysis and Design (UML Edition)

Author: (American) Stam
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: It is a great honor to have the opportunity to recommend a new book, which is specifically written for students majoring in information systems, those with a lack of understanding of object-oriented programming, and those with little knowledge of computer or business environments. Key contents include:
· Basic concepts of general system principles (Chapter), Context of system analysis and design: System development process and organizational environment (Chapter 1 and 2)
· Description of the system development process, including the Rational Unified Process (Chapter 2)
· Step-by-step process for object-oriented analysis and object-oriented design (Chapters 3 to 5 and 8 to 10)
· Main techniques for generating system-level models: Event analysis (Chapter 3)
· Modeling standards for object-oriented analysis and design: UML
· Best practices for system architecture: A three-tier layered model (Chapter 7)
· Techniques for clearly separating analysis and design
· Explicit discussion of design, characteristics of the design process, and their relationship with software development (Chapters 6 and 7)
· Comprehensive overview of system design knowledge, including database design, user interface design, and programming (Chapter 7)
· Focus on design practices that facilitate model and object reuse
· Designing patterns as a method for programming (Chapters 5 and 8)
· These two chapters cover user interface design: one section discusses design principles related to color use (Chapter 11), and detailed user interaction modeling methods and state transition diagrams (Chapter 12)
· Some chapters introduce software project management while also explaining how to collect and report information (Chapters 13 and 14)
· A case study throughout the book, Public University Registration System (Public University Registration System), is used to illustrate the relevant technologies
· Two additional case studies, Giant Forest Inn (Giant Forest Inn) and Apache Rent-a-Car (Apache Rent-a-Car), are provided as sources for project activity assignments.