Systems Analysis and Design Global Ed (10th ed)

NEW TO THIS EDITION
The tenth edition of Systems Analysis and Design includes extensive changes inspired by the
rapid changes in the IS field over the past four years, and they are included as a response to the
thoughtful input of our audience of adopters, students, and academic reviewers. Many new and
advanced features are integrated throughout this new edition. In particular:
• Innovative material on using responsive design to enable systems analysts and organizations to participate in open source communities (Chapter 1)
• New coverage of the importance of security considerations right from the outset of a
systems project (Chapter 1)
• New material on work-sanctioned social media sites to create productive systems
development subcultures and collaborative design (Chapter 2)
• Additional material on cloud computing as a platform choice for a systems development
project (Chapter 3)
• Innovative material on listening to user stories to complement other interactive
information gathering methods (Chapter 4)
• New material on text analytics software to examine unstructured, soft data from
customers’ blogs, wikis, and social media sites to interpret qualitative material (Chapter 5)
• New and expanded content on agile methods including Scrum, Scrum planning poker,
the product backlog, sprint cycle, and burndown charts (Chapter 6)
• New coverage on Kanban systems as they apply to software development (Chapter 6)
• Innovative coverage of DevOps as a cultural shift in the way to organize rapid systems
development and operations (Chapter 6)
• Additional material on designing dashboards for decision makers using infographics
(Chapter 11)
• New material on responsive Web design for websites that can be viewed on any device
(Chapter 11)
• New material comparing and contrasting skeuomorphic design with flat design for
websites (Chapter 11)
• Additional material on innovative guidelines for designing for social media (Chapter 11)
• New content on website design including use of navigational elements such as a
hamburger icon and breadcrumb trail (Chapter 12)
• New material on the relationship of business intelligence to data warehouses, big data,
and data analytics (Chapter 13)
• Additional coverage on database security and risk tradeoffs in securing databases
(Chapter 13)
• Innovative material on developing and using blockchains to provide a verifiable
electronic record for tracking any kind of business asset (Chapter 13)
• New content on UX design (user experience design) for developing customer-centered
ecommerce website experiences (Chapter 14)
• Innovative coverage of designing virtual reality, augmented reality, and intelligent
personal assistants (Chapter 14)
• Additional content on using QR codes for improved data entry (Chapter 15)
• Additional material on designing improved cloud security, privacy, and stability,
especially for business continuity and disaster recovery (Chapter 16)