Basic Information Systems Analysis and Design

This book is an introduction to the essential features of the analysis and design of information systems, and is aimed at students embarking on the study of information systems development. It is suitable for first and second year under-graduates and those on further education diploma courses, together with students converting from non-computing or IS degrees to a master's degree in these subjects. SSADM version 4+ is used as the medium for discussing the modelling of information systems, present and proposed, and for relational data analysis. It includes an introduction to the analysis of requirements for information systems and a brief exposition of soft systems methodology. Decision tables, decision trees and structured English are also presented in order to describe the processes carries out in information systems. Bridging the analysis of the current information system and the design of a new one, the book presents the various procedures of logicalisation and RDA. The design of screens and reports is covered, as well as some of the ethical and social implications of new computer systems on end-users.

這本書是介紹資訊系統分析和設計的基本特點，針對開始學習資訊系統開發的學生。適合大一和大二的本科生以及進修文憑課程的學生，還有從非計算機或資訊系統學位轉換到碩士學位的學生。本書使用SSADM版本4+作為討論現有和擬議資訊系統建模的媒介，以及關聯數據分析。它包括對資訊系統需求分析的介紹，以及對軟體系統方法論的簡要闡述。為了描述資訊系統中進行的過程，還介紹了決策表、決策樹和結構化英語。本書還介紹了從現有資訊系統的分析到新系統設計的各種邏輯化和RDA程序。書中還涵蓋了屏幕和報表的設計，以及新電腦系統對最終用戶的道德和社會影響的一些問題。