Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0

Summary

This groundbreaking text provides the most comprehensive, balanced and up-to-date coverage of systems analysis and design available. The Second Edition offers an increased emphasis on project management roles and practices and maintains the First Edition's dual focus on the concepts and techniques from both the traditional, structured approach and the object-oriented approach to systems development. Instructors continue to have the flexibility to emphasize one approach over the other, or both, while referring to one integrated case study that runs through every chapter. Throughout, the authors emphasize fundamentals of lasting value, while addressing the diverse development environments available today.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Modern Systems Analyst
1. The World of the Modern Systems Analyst
2. The Analyst as a Project Manager
3. Approaches to System Development

Part II: Systems Analysis Tasks
4. Beginning the Analysis: Investigating System Requirements
5. Modeling System Requirements: Events and Things
6. The Traditional Approach to Requirements
7. The Object-Oriented Approach to Requirements
8. Evaluating Alternatives for Requirements, Environment and Implementation

Part III: Systems Design Tasks
9. Moving to Design
10. Designing Databases
11. Designing the User Interface
12. Designing System Interfaces, Controls, and Security

Part IV: Implementation and Support
13. Rapid Application Development and Component-Based Development
14. Packaged Software and Enterprise Resource Planning
15. Making the System Operational

Appendix A: Principles of Project Management

Appendix B: Project Schedules with PERT/CPM Charts

Appendix C: Calculating Net Present Value, Payback Period, and Return on Investment

Appendix D: Presenting the Results to Management