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Systems Analysis and Design (7th Edition)

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The Kendalls have definitely created a comprehensive book on systems analysis. Virtually every aspect is covered here, and in plenty of detail. There are plenty of review questions and problems, hypothetical consulting situations, an ongoing case-study, and even an associated web-based case study.

While being well written, I feel that this text may be a bit overdone. Most sections are longer than neccessary, over-explaining fairly obvious concepts. So although the reader can never complain about being short-changed, I would be amazed if any reader needed ALL of the explanations to understand what was being discussed.

I have also noticed a few cases of dated information creeping through from previous editions. One example is a discussion on groupware that talks about features of Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT, and mentions the 'upcoming' Chicago release. Chicago was the working name for Windows 95, which was hardly 'upcoming' for a text published in 1999.

It feels as if the Kendalls have been adding new information to their revised editions, but not revising thoroughly enough to remove old or out of date references. If a really good job of revision was done here, I think this text could be reduced by at least a hundred pages or so without any real loss of useful content.

Since it emphasises practice more than theory, it may not appeal to all types, but for anyone who needs to know HOW to be a systems analyst, this is probably the book to read.

I used this book in my systems analysis and design course. First off, it is over priced. I understand that college books are expensive, but this one was too overpriced.

Second, it is not helpful. It spends chapters talking about how to get information from users. Did I really need several chapters to tell me to interview them, send out surveys, and observe them? That is kind of obvious information.

Following this course, I took a software development course. The two classes are in series. Techniques learned from this book did not help me. When it came time to write documents (project proposals, documents for external design and internal design phases, etc.) this book was no help. There were no examples of what should be in them.

Not helpful unless you are clueless as to where to begin. Even then it's not a tremendous help.

I am an Electrical Engineer in graduate school studying Information Systems and this book was definitely written for professionals currently in the IS industry, working in systems analysis. The book illustrates techniques in a very broad manner and utilizes vague generalizations. Definitely NOT for inexperienced IS individuals.

The text covers the topic with ample examples and diagrams, plus cases short and long. The level of detail is appropriate for a graduate level course. The book is too ... The authors could eliminate the chapter on the office environment. They should condense the chapters on questionnaires and system presentation. Another solution: put the lengthy end-of-chapter case material on a CD; it is doubtful that all of it is used in any course. Perhaps the authors have too much clout to be edited.

This book starts with the fundamental aspects of a system, its life cycles and then goes into data gathering and system design. I think it is an excellent book to start with for persons in MIS/ computer related fields.the book alos comes with a software in which various CASE tools are featured.The hypercase experience is most interesting where actually u interview people taking the role of a systems analyst.

Well. This is a great book about Systems Analysis and Design. The whole book is under wonderful organization. As a MIS student, this book is the best start point to understand the systems analysis and design. The prototyping chapter is the best one, compare to other same topic books. In addition, the HyperCase is the best example to show how Internet could help teaching.

This isn't bad for a text book. The writing is clear and easy to get through, the concepts are broken down enough to make sense to beginners. My professor keeps "disagreeing" with points in the book, though, so it's not exactly authoritative. For a subject so dense, it's a good book.

This book is a great resource for anyone wanting to learn the 'how to' of Systems Analysis and Design. It is easy to read and the examples are interesting and relevant. I definitely recommend this book.

I am Tran Ngoc Thuan An, student of Department of Information Technology, Hochiminh City University of Technology.

I read the book "System Analysis and Design" through my lecturer's instruction. His name is Nguyen Manh Tho, teaching the subject : System Analysis and Design.

I found in this book the full teachnique, examples, illustrations,demotrations and exercises with real applications.

I hope after finish the course, I could work as the System analysist or System Designer.

To me, this book just have 1 drawback. That's some chapter is still too theorical (e.g chapter 12,14,20,21). It's will better if the author give more exercise on these chapters.

The text book arrived in a reasonable amount of time. The book was advertised Used and was in good Used condition EXCEPT for one glaring problem:

Both the front and back outside covers of the text book were literally covered with these large, impossible to remove, "Used Book" black and fluorescent green stickers! Two of these ridiculous stickers on the front and one massive sticker on the back cover.

These stickers do two things to the text book:

1. Significantly reduce the resale value

2. Make the book unsightly for any respective library

I have ordered used text books from many vendors but this is the first vendor to plaster their book covers with stickers. In fact, my other four used text books from different vendors arrived in excellent condition WITHOUT any of these stickers. I attempted to remove them but they are literally impossible to remove without damaging the cover. I will not do business with this vendor again. If you value your text books and hope to either resell them or keep them for your personal library then you need to understand what you are getting.