New TO THE SEVENTH EDITION

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PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS FOR SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

1 The Systems Development Environment

2 The Origins of Software

3 Managing the Information Systems Project

PART TWO: PLANNING

4 Identifying and Selecting Systems Development Projects

5 Initiating and Planning Systems Development Projects

PART THREE: ANALYSIS

6 Determining System Requirements

7 Structuring System Process Requirements

Appendix 7A: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design:Use Cases

Appendix 7B: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design:Activity Diagrams

Appendix 7C: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design:Sequence Diagrams

Appendix 7D: Business Process Modeling

8 Structuring Systems Data Requirements

Appendix: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design:Object Modeling-Class Diagrams

PART FOUR: DESIGN

9 Designing Databases

10 Designing Forms and Reports

11 Designing Interfaces and Dialogues

12 Designing Distributed and Internet Systems

PART FIVE: IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE

13 Systems Implementation

14 Maintaining Information Systems

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

INDEX