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Information Systems Development

An Introduction to Information Systems Engineering

  • Textbook
  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Paul Beynon-Davies

    1. Department of Computer Studies, University of Glamorgan, UK

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  • 1Balanced account of technical and organisational issues involved in IS
    2 Material on tools, techniques and developments is updated
    3 IS management and planing issues are discussed with particular reference to the IS development process

Part of the book series: Computer Science Series (COMPSS)

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Information

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      Pages 3-12

    3. Information Systems

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      Pages 13-20

    4. Information Systems and Organisations

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      Pages 21-28

    5. Information Society and Economy

      • Paul Beynon-Davies
      Pages 29-35

    6. Information Technology

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      Pages 36-45

    7. Information Systems Services Function

      • Paul Beynon-Davies
      Pages 46-52

    8. Information Systems Engineering

      • Paul Beynon-Davies
      Pages 53-66

  3. Tools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Structured Programming Languages

      • Paul Beynon-Davies
      Pages 69-75

    3. Object-Oriented Programming Languages

      • Paul Beynon-Davies
      Pages 76-82

    4. Database Systems

      • Paul Beynon-Davies
      Pages 83-94

    5. Fourth Generation Environments

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      Pages 95-102

    6. Computer Aided Information Systems Engineering (CAISE)

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      Pages 103-108

    7. Multimedia and Hypermedia Systems

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      Pages 109-115

    8. Knowledge Based Systems

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      Pages 116-123

  4. Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 124-125
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    2. Data Analysis

      1. Normalisation
        • Paul Beynon-Davies
        Pages 127-140
      2. Entity-Relationship Diagramming
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        Pages 141-153
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About this book

In this third edition, the author has arranged the material in five major parts: context, tools, techniques, methods, management and discipline.

Within the parts, popular chapters have been retained and updated to reflect modern developments in the area of information systems development. A number of new chapters have been included on topics such as object-oriented analysis and design methods, rapid applications development and business process re-engineering.

Each chapter contains a number of case studies illustrating the frameworks, techniques and concepts discussed. A number of exercises are also included to test the understanding of the material.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Studies, University of Glamorgan, UK

    Paul Beynon-Davies

About the author

PAUL BEYNON-DAVIES spent several years in the information systems industry before taking up an academic post. He is currently reader in Information Systems at the University of Glamorgan. He has written a number of other books on information systems topics and regularly publishers academic papers and professional articles on issues concerning information systems development. Dr Beynon-Davies has acted as a regular consultant to industry for a number of years.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Information Systems Development

  • Book Subtitle: An Introduction to Information Systems Engineering

  • Authors: Paul Beynon-Davies

  • Series Title: Computer Science Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14931-5

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XI, 416

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Information Systems and Communication Service

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