Object Oriented Systems Analysis: Modeling the World in Data

Focuses directly on the information content of a problem — making the technique particularly appropriate for applications with minimal processing requirements (e.g., database problems) or for particularly rich or complex problem environments (e.g., many real-time control systems, decision support systems, or knowledge base systems).

Explains in depth: how to make decisions of model construction, and how to record the results of those decisions.

First considers information modeling itself, and the problems to which such a model applies. Then shows how the model can be integrated into the software development process.

Presents material in a "picturebook" style — rich in examples and light on theory.

Uses many model fragments throughout, and features four fully-developed models in an appendix.