Chapter 1 introduces the systems development life cycle (SDLC), the fundamental four-phase model (planning, analysis, design, and implementation) common to all information systems development projects. It describes the evolution of system development methodologies and discusses the roles and skills required of a systems analyst. The chapter then overviews the basic characteristics of object-oriented systems and the fundamentals of object-oriented systems analysis and design and closes with a description of the Unified Process and its extensions and the Unified Modeling Language.
OBJECTIVES
- Understand the fundamental systems development life cycle and its four phases
- Understand the evolution of systems development methodologies
- Be familiar with the different roles played by and the skills of a systems analyst
- Be familiar with the basic characteristics of object-oriented systems
- Be familiar with the fundamental principles of object-oriented systems analysis and design
- Be familiar with the Unified Process, its extensions, and the Unified Modeling Language
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