Information systems development : an introduction to information systems engineering / Paul Beyon-Davies.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Context
Information and information systems
Information systems engineering
Technical information systems.

Part 2 Tools
Structured programming languages
Object-oriented systems
Databases, database management systems and data models
Fourth generation environments
CAISE
Knowledge-base systems
Hypermedia systems.

Part 3 Techniques
Section 1 - data analysis
Normalization
Entity-relationship diagramming

Section 2 - process analysis
Data flow diagramming
Data dictionaries
Process descriptions
Entity-life histories

section 3 - related techniques
Formal specification
Structured program design
User interface development.

Part 4 Methods
Business analysis
Large-scale methodologies
Prototyping and evolutionary development
Information management
Participative development
Object-oriented development
Quality assurance.

Part 5 Environment
The organization of information systems
The management of information systems projects
The social dimension of information systems development.
The nature of Information Systems Engineering

Includes bibliographic references and index.