System Analysis and Design, Fifth Edition

INDEX

A

Abstract classes, 508

Acceptance tests, 455, 456

Access control requirements, 296, 297

Access speed, optimization of, 427–432

Acknowledgment messages, 338, 340

Acquisition strategy(-ies), 262–278

alternative matrix of, 274–275

applying concepts of, 275–277

and business need, 270–271

custom development, 264–265

and in-house experience, 271

outsourcing, 267–269

packaged software, 265–267

and project management, 272

and project skills, 271–272

selecting, 270, 272–277

and time frame, 272

Actions, interface, 328

Action-object order, 335

Activity-based costing, 133, 136

Activity elimination, 136

Actors:

in sequence diagrams, 531–532

in use cases, 150, 151, 518

Adjusted project complexity (APC)

factor, 90, 92

Adoption:

enabling, 488–490

motivating, 486–488

Advanced Communications, 78

Aesthetics (interface design), 319, 321

Afferent processes, 378

Aggregated information, 414

Aggregation, 527

Agile development, 57–59, 61

A-Kind-Of (AKO) relationships, 508

Albrecht, Allen, 90

Alignment, strategic, 33

Alpha testing, 455, 456

Alternative courses (use cases), 152–153

Alternative matrix (acquisition strategies), 274–275

Amazon, 39, 132, 289–290, 297

AMR Research Inc., 46

Analysis, basic process of, 102

Analysis models, 14

Analysis phase (SDLC), 12–14, 102–104

purpose of, 260

transitioning to design from, 260–262, 277

Analysis strategy, 14

APC (adjusted project complexity) factor, 90

APIs (application program interfaces), 289

Applications:

familiarity with, 24

general functions of, ...