Publisher's Synopsis
Structured methods of systems analysis and design are now widely used in the development of computer software. There are a number of methods which have become reasonably well established and choices are having to be made of one method instead of another. However, very little guidance in such choices has been available until now. Systems developers are faced with sometimes confusing sets of techniques and terminologies which have essentially the same purpose but appear to be different within the alternative methods.;This is the central problem addressed by the authors of "Systems Analysis and Design - A Comparison of Structured Methods". Although competitive factors will cause some convergence of methods in the future, the commercial pressures on the vendors will mean that they will continue to maintain their own brands of jargon and toolsets for software development.
