{"product_id":"developing-information-systems-accurately-bert-de-brock-9783031168611","title":"Developing Information Systems Accurately: A Wholistic Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis textbook shows how to develop the functional requirements of (information) systems. It emphasizes the importance to consider the complete development path of a functional requirement, i.e. not only the individual development steps but also their proper combination and their alignment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book consists of two parts: Part I presents the underlying theory while Part II contains various illustrative case studies. Part I starts with an introduction to the topic (Chapter 1). Then it explains how to develop functional requirements that represent the conceptual \u003ci\u003edynamics\u003c\/i\u003e of an information system (Chapters 2 and 3). Chapters 4 and 5 explain how to model the conceptual \u003ci\u003estatics\u003c\/i\u003e of an information system. Chapter 6 gives some directions for implementation. Finally, Chapter 7 explains how a 'technical manager' can organize and manage the development process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an illustration of the theory, Part II contains three substantial case studies. The first one (Chapter 8) presents a stepwise development starting from an informal situation sketch via a simple domain model towards a precisely specified, full-fledged conceptual data model, which finally is translated to an SQL database. In the second case study (Chapter 9) the author converts the well-known non-trivial use case \u003ci\u003eProcess Sale\u003c\/i\u003e from Larman into a textual System Sequence Description (SSD). For validation purposes, that textual SSD is subsequently translated into natural language and into a graphical SSD. The third case study (Chapter 10) shows the applicability of the author's approach to a \u003ci\u003econtrol system\u003c\/i\u003e and also illustrates the typical situation that the requirements are constantly changing during development. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is written for (under)graduate students in software engineering or information systems who want to learn how to carry out adequate problem analysis, to make good system specifications, and\/or to understand how to organize and manage an IS-development process. It also targets practitioners who want to improve their problem analysis abilities and\/or their ability to make good system specifications. To this end, it includes more than 150 explanatory figures and is accompanied by a Web site which provides additional course material such as slides, additional exercises, solutions to exercises, and the code for the figures used in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bert de Brock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3031168615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031168611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.59d","brand":"Bert de Brock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129274560767,"sku":"9783031168611","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6183b150-140f-4058-8193-01e8c0e9d452.jpg?v=1687462992","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/developing-information-systems-accurately-bert-de-brock-9783031168611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}