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Summary: Excellent college text book
Review: As an adjunct professor of systems and database design, I use Hoffer's text in my master's level courses. It covers a huge breadth of topics in sufficient detail to give students a basic understanding, even if we completely skip the large numbers of case histories. I'm particularly pleased with its illustrations and the manner in which it handles the zillions of disparate diagramming methods available for system design. I'm happy enough with it as a classroom text that I use it as a reference for my day-job as a computer consultant. Strongly reccomended.
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Summary: Excellent college text book
Review: As an adjunct professor of systems and database design, I use Hoffer's text in my master's level courses. It covers a huge breadth of topics in sufficient detail to give students a basic understanding, even if we completely skip the large numbers of case histories. I'm particularly pleased with its illustrations and the manner in which it handles the zillions of disparate diagramming methods available for system design. I'm happy enough with it as a classroom text that I use it as a reference for my day-job as a computer consultant. Strongly reccomended.
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Summary: Excellent reference
Review: Discusses in detail about each phase of SDLC and the people and tools related to the Information Systems Developement. Excellent book for students doing Systems analysis and design.
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Summary: Worst written textbook I ever read
Review: I have had it! this textbook is not cheap for a student with limited resources to obtain a degree, but more importantly, a knowledge from these so-called experts in the field. As I painfully go through the course in this semester, I feel so much cheated for spending my hard working money on this book. I would like to question the ethics of these so-called professors and authors of this particular book. There is not much written to transfer their knowledge to students who would like to learn except more leading to additional and heavy purchases of more books written by them. What an unethical trend of some big old goats who want to have their names published but could careless about the contents of the book, let alone grammatical errors and poor English usage. I am so upset, I could scream!!! It is so embarrassing to be part of the same generation with these authors!! You have to be an expert to read this basic book and be related to the author to rate it as a 5 star!!! Then on the same token, if I were to be an expert, I would rather donate my money for a good cause of life.
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Summary: not cheap, but worth-to-buy book.
Review: I just finished a system analysis & design course with this text book. A through-semester project was also done. Actually, I had a chance to compare severals book on System Analysis & Design. My bottom line for this book is that this book is the one currently most worth to buy. Its throughful and easy-to-understand explanation for each SDLC step, how it's applied in real business situation and all possible tools for each step, such as CASE, JAD, DFDs, E-R diagrams (Flankly, i think ER diagrams of this book need more improvement..) and so on. All are really good to catch out clear concept to understand 'what is the system analysis & design' and 'how it works'. If you want to buy a book delivering clear concepts of system analysis and design and how it works in real business situation. I recommend this book. But, If you want very specific, in-dept or new-kids-on-the-block kind of topics for System analysis & design, I don't recommend.
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Summary: not cheap, but worth-to-buy book.
Review: I just finished a system analysis & design course with this text book. A through-semester project was also done. Actually, I had a chance to compare severals book on System Analysis & Design. My bottom line for this book is that this book is the one currently most worth to buy. Its throughful and easy-to-understand explanation for each SDLC step, how it's applied in real business situation and all possible tools for each step, such as CASE, JAD, DFDs, E-R diagrams (Flankly, i think ER diagrams of this book need more improvement..) and so on. All are really good to catch out clear concept to understand 'what is the system analysis & design' and 'how it works'. If you want to buy a book delivering clear concepts of system analysis and design and how it works in real business situation. I recommend this book. But, If you want very specific, in-dept or new-kids-on-the-block kind of topics for System analysis & design, I don't recommend.
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Summary: A Surprise
Review: I was just reading some of the other reviews and was surprised to discover this text is also used for Master's level classes. I'm pursuing my BSIS through distance learning, and this book was used for a recent class. Although I sometimes struggle with reading texts because they are not as exciting as the nearest fiction book, this was surprisingly easy to make it through. I didn't get lost in long paragraphs and obscure explanations. It gets a great big thumbs up from me!
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Summary: Core Fundamentals Explained in Depth
Review: Jeffrey Hoffer put together a strong book with his co-authors. I have not only used this text in the class room, but have had Hoffer as a professor. Let me be the first to say that this man knows his stuff. Beyond that, this book was amazing, it has covered anything in the systems analysis and design stages that I have seen and used in the real world. Unfortunatly his focus during codeing programs, is on CASE rather than modelers (Which is becomming a stronger trend in more innovative, fast-paced markets).
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Summary: Good System
Review: this book good for new commers. and I appreciate U and I say again this is very good book
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Summary: Of limited use.
Review: This book is not very good as a 'how to' text. If you want to learn systems analysis as a working tool you will need to go elsewhere. The section on 0-0 is really a stand-alone add-on.
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