Enables undergraduate students in systems analysis courses to do SAD--not just read about it, but understand the issues so they can analyze and design systems Systems Analysis and Design: An Object-Oriented Approach with UML, Seventh Edition captures the dynamic aspects of the field by keeping students focused on doing SAD while presenting the core set of skills that every systems analyst needs to know today and in the future. The team of expert authors introduces each major technique, explains what it is, explains how to do it, presents an example, and provides opportunities for students to practice before they do it for real in a project. After reading each chapter, students will be able to perform that step in the system development process.