Systems Analysis and Design Methods
by Jeffrey Whitten, Lonnie Bentley
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Author: Jeffrey Whitten, Lonnie BentleyEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-11-22
ISBN: 0073052337
Number of pages: 768
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Book Review: Over priced for what is in the book...
Summary: 1 Stars
I was forced to purchase this book as part of masters program class. Lets start off by stating that the price of this book is ludicrous and universities that force students to purchase this book are nuts! Why, because there are far better books on the subjects that this book tried to cover and they do a much better job and are far more up to date. A masters program is suppose to help you master a subject and give students information that they can use in the real world -- the book falls short and there many other better books on the subject. The short version is this book tried to do to much and the authors put their own twists on the subject and failed on both accounts.
Lets begin with the fact that this book has way too many errors for what they are charging for the book. Diagrams that are clearly wrong, page references that point to the wtong pages, and writting style and fonts that are difficult to read. I am unsure if this book was actually edited for its content. It is more of a Ph.d research paper than a book that someone can actually use.
The book suffers from two things:
1) The authors use terms that are not standard industry terms often times in the book and sound like they are more trying to create their own new software development methodology than to teach concepts (BTW: The world does not need the FAST method they push). To make matters worse the table of context stinks and often important terms are not listed. My professor then created his own lecture slides that used the proper terms but our only reference was this stupid book. If my exams did not count on this book, I would have pulled one of many other books off my bookshelf instead of using this book. I cannot describe how P.O.'d I am at this book! When many asked the professor about the book all he could do was apologize and offer better references. So why did we use this book?
2) They are trying to do way too much in a single book and fail most of the time. Without lecuture notes to support many concepts, much is lost. The book is a hodgepodge of good intentions without ever getting anything correct.
Ok, what is good about this book.....the workflow diagrams of what it takes to do something like a Buy vs Build decision as well as other steps. Those diagrams are very good but are not enough to justify the book. There a few random paragraphs where you read them and say "the have a clue" but at the same time wonder where this came from out of blue and almost without context with the rest of the section. It seemed like they tried to update parts of the book, but it is a rush job and inconsistent. Maybe, just like software, sometimes its time to throw it away, keep the good parts and start again.
If there are instructors out there who are looking at this, do your students a favor....look at the books in the Addison-Wesley Professional Title Series and have your students purchase several books that cover the topics better and for which they would actually want to keep the books once the class is completed and could use in their daily professional lives.
I am upset I was forced to purchase this book and I am upset that I will not get a 100% refund on my money once I am done.
The best part of completing my class is that I will not have to use this book and will be able to sell it.
The comments on here that are extolling the virtues of this book must be from people who have very little industry experience because this book fails at so many levels. I normally do not comment on here on a regular basis but this book has me so worked up I had to comment to stop future pain and madness for other students!
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Today's students want to practice the application of concepts. As with the previous editions of this book, the authors write to balance the coverage of concepts, tools, techniques, and their applications, and to provide the most examples of system analysis and design deliverables available in any book. The textbook also serves the reader as a professional reference for best current practices.Information Systems Books
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