BSD Reading List V3 - BCS Certifications · ... Debbie Paul and Paul Turner . Publisher ... February 2010 . ISBN: 9781906124236 . URL: . Title: Systems Thinking, Systems Practice

BSD Reading List

Version 3.0 April 2012

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The following list may be of interest to candidates taking courses and examinations in the BCS BSD qualifications. Note that some of the books listed here may be currently out of print. However, these might be obtainable through libraries or second hand via, for example, http://www.amazon.co.uk Benefits Management and Business Acceptance............................................................1

Business Analysis (Foundation Certificate)......................................................................1

Business Analysis Practice ..............................................................................................2

Commercial Awareness ...................................................................................................3

Data Management Essentials ..........................................................................................3

Enterprise and Solution Architecture ...............................................................................3

Integrating Off-the-Shelf Software Solutions....................................................................4

IT-Enabled Business Change (Foundation Certificate) ....................................................5

Modelling Business Processes ........................................................................................5

Requirements Engineering ..............................................................................................6

Systems Development Essentials....................................................................................7

Systems Development (Foundation Certificate)...............................................................8

Systems Design Techniques ...........................................................................................9

Systems Modelling Techniques (Structured Techniques Version).................................10

Systems Modelling Techniques (UML Version) .............................................................10

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Benefits Management and Business Acceptance Title: Benefits Management: Delivering Value from IS and IT Investments Author: John Ward and Elizabeth Daniel Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Publication Date: November 2005 ISBN: 978-0470094631 Title: The Effective Measurement and Management of IT Costs and Benefits (3rd Edition) Author: Dan Remenyi, Arthur Money and Frank Bannister Publisher: CIMA Publishing Publication Date: February 2007 ISBN: 0750683287 Title: Managing Successful Programmes, Office for Government and Commerce Author: Office for Government and Commerce (OGC) URL: http://www.msp-officialsite.com Title: Software Testing: An ISEB Foundation (2nd Edition) Author: Brian Hambling (Ed), Peter Morgan, Angelina Samaroo, Geoff Thompson, Peter Williams Publisher: BCS Publication Date: October 2010 ISBN: 978-1906124762 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Business Analysis (Foundation Certificate) Title: Business Analysis (2nd Edition) Author: Debra Paul, Donald Yeates and James Cadle Publisher: BCS Publication Date: July 2010 ISBN: 9781906124618 URL: http://shop.bcs.org

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Business Analysis Practice Title: Business Analysis (2nd Edition) Author: Debra Paul, Donald Yeates and James Cadle Publisher: BCS Publication Date: July 2010 ISBN: 9781906124618 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Title: Business Analysis Techniques: 72 Essential Tools for Success Author: James Cadle, Debbie Paul and Paul Turner Publisher: BCS Publication Date: February 2010 ISBN: 9781906124236 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Title: Systems Thinking, Systems Practice Author: Peter Checkland Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Publication Date: 1999 ISBN: 0471986062 Title: Learning for Action: A Short Definitive Account of Soft Systems Methodology, and Its Use for Practitioners, Teachers and Students Author: Peter Checkland and John Poulter Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: July 2006 ISBN: 0470025549 Title: Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers Author: Michael C Jackson Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Publication Date: September 2003 ISBN: 0470845228 Title: The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action Author: Robert S Kaplan and David P Norton Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Publication Date: September 1996 ISBN: 0875846513 Title: Exploring Corporate Strategy (7th Edition) Author: Gerry Johnson, Kevan Scholes and Richard Whittington Publisher: Financial Times / Prentice Hall Publication Date: November 2006 ISBN: 9780273651123 Title: The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (2nd Edition) Author: Peter M Senge Publisher: Random House Business Publication Date: April 2006 ISBN: 1905211201




Commercial Awareness Title: Organizational Behaviour Author: Prof David A Buchanan and Dr Andrzej A Huczynski Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall Publication Date: May 2010 ISBN: 0273728598 Title: Finance for IT Decision Makers: A Practical Handbook for Buyers, Sellers and Managers Author: Michael Blackstaff Publisher: BCS Publication Date: July 2006 ISBN: 1902505735 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Title: Business Analysis Techniques: 72 Essential Tools for Success Author: James Cadle, Debbie Paul and Paul Turner Publisher: BCS Publication Date: February 2010 ISBN: 9781906124236 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Data Management Essentials Title: Principles of Data Management: Facilitating Information Sharing Author: Keith Gordon Publisher: BCS Publication Date: 2007 ISBN: 978-1902505848 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Title: Practical Data Migration Author: John Morris Publisher: BCS Publication Date: 2006 ISBN: 978-1902505718 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Title: Business Analysis (2nd Edition) Author: Debra Paul, Donald Yeates and James Cadle Publisher: BCS Publication Date: July 2010 ISBN: 9781906124618 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Enterprise and Solution Architecture There is an independent Reading List for this qualification.







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Integrating Off-the-Shelf Software Solutions Title: A Guide to Software Package Evaluation and Selection: The R2ISC Method Author: Nathan Hollander Publisher: Amacom Publication Date: September 2000 ISBN: 978-0814473375 Title: ITIL Service Transition Author: Shirley Lacy and Ivor Macfarlane Publisher: TSO Publication Date: May 2007 ISBN: 011331048X Title: Configuration Management Author: Shirley Lacy and David Norfolk Publisher: BCS Publication Date: June 2010 ISBN: 1906124582 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Title: An Introduction to Database Systems Author: C J Date Publisher: Pearson Education Publication Date: July 2003 ISBN: 0321189566 Title: Next Generation Application Integration Author: David Linthicum Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: August 2003 ISBN: 0201844567 Title: IT Architecture and Middleware Author: Chris Britton and Peter Bye Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publication Date: May 2004 ISBN: 0321246942 Title: UML 2 and the Unified Process Author: Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publication Date: June 2005 ISBN: 0321321278 Title: Requirements Analysis and Systems Design Author: Leszek Maciaszek Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publication Date: June 2007 ISBN: 0321440366



IT-Enabled Business Change (Foundation Certificate) There is an independent Reading List for this qualification. Modelling Business Processes Title: Business Analysis (2nd Edition) Author: Debra Paul, Donald Yeates and James Cadle Publisher: BCS Publication Date: July 2010 ISBN: 9781906124618 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Title: Business Analysis Techniques: 72 Essential Tools for Success Author: James Cadle, Debbie Paul and Paul Turner Publisher: BCS Publication Date: February 2010 ISBN: 9781906124236 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Title: Business Process Change (2nd Edition) Author: Paul Harmon Publisher: Morgan Kaufman Publication Date: August 2007 ISBN: 0123741521 Title: Improving Performance: How to manage the white space on the organisation chart Author: Geary A Rummler and Alan P Brache Publisher: Jossey Bass Publication Date: May 1995 ISBN: 0787900907 Title: Workflow Modeling (2nd Edition) Author: Alec Sharpe And P McDermott Publisher: Artech House Publication Date: November 2008 ISBN: 1596931922 Title: The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organisation (2nd Edition) Author: Peter Senge Publisher: Random House Business Publication Date: April 2006 ISBN: 1905211201 Title: Competitive Advantage Author: Michael Porter Publisher: The Free Press Publication Date: January 2004 ISBN: 0743260872 Title: Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook: An Implementation Guide for Process Improvement Teams Author: Peter S Pande, Robert P Neuman and Roland R Cavanagh Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publication Date: January 2002 ISBN: 9780071373142


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Requirements Engineering Title: Business Analysis (2nd Edition) Author: Debra Paul, Donald Yeates and James Cadle Publisher: BCS Publication Date: 2010 ISBN: 9781906124618 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Title: Mastering the Requirements Process Author: Suzanne Robertson and James Robertson Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: 1999 ISBN: 978-0201360462 Title: Writing Effective Use Cases Author: Alistair Cockburn Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publication Date: October 2000 ISBN: 0201702258 Title: User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development Author: Mike Cohn Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: March 2004 ISBN: 9780321205681 Title: Requirements Engineering: Processes and Techniques Author: Gerald Kotonya and Ian Sommerville Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: April 1998 ISBN: 0471972088 Title: Use Case Modeling Author: Kirt Bittner and Ian Spence Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: August 2002 ISBN: 9780201709131 Title: Business Analysis Techniques: 72 Essential Tools for Success Author: James Cadle, Debbie Paul and Paul Turner Publisher: BCS Publication Date: February 2010 ISBN: 9781906124236 URL: http://shop.bcs.org




Systems Development Essentials Title: Introducing Systems Development Author: Steve Skidmore and Malcolm Eva Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date: 2003 ISBN: 0333973690 Title: Systems Analysis and Design Author: Donald Yeates and Tony Wakefield Publisher: FT Prentice Hall Publication Date: 2003 ISBN: 0273655361 Title: Systems Analysis and Design: A Comparison of Structured Methods Author: Dot J Tudor and Ian J Tudor Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date: 1997 ISBN: 033372139X Title: DSDM: Business Focused Development (2nd Edition) Author: DSDM Consortium with Jennifer Stapleton Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: 2002 ISBN: 9780321112248 Title: Agile Software Development with Scrum Author: Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle Publisher: FT Prentice Hall Publication Date: 2001 ISBN: 978-0130676344 Title: The DSDM Atern Handbook Author: DSDM Consortium Publisher: Whitehorse Press Publication Date: 2008 ISBN: 0-9544832-2-7 Title: Managing Software Quality Author: Brian Hambling Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 2005 ISBN: 978-0077090395 Title: The UML Use Guide Author: Jacobsen, Booch and Rumbaugh Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: 2006 ISBN: 9780321267979


Systems Development (Foundation Certificate) Title: Business Analysis (2nd Edition) Author: Debra Paul, Donald Yeates and James Cadle Publisher: BCS Publication Date: July 2010 ISBN: 9781906124618 URL: http://shop.bcs.org Title: Introducing Systems Development Author: Steve Skidmore and Malcolm Eva Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date: August 2003 ISBN: 0333973690 Title: Systems Analysis and Design (2nd Edition) Author: Donald Yeates and Tony Wakefield Publisher: FT Prentice Hall Publication Date: September 2003 ISBN: 0273655361 Title: Mastering the Requirements Process Author: Suzanne Robertson and James Robertson Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: 1999 ISBN: 9780201360462 Title: Systems Analysis and Design: A comparison of Structured Methods Author: Dot J Tudor and Ian J Tudor Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date: 1997 ISBN: 033372139X Title: DSDM: Business Focused Development (2nd Edition) Author: DSDM Consortium with Jennifer Stapleton Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: 2002 ISBN: 9780321112248 Title: UML 2 and the Unified Process: Practical Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (2nd Edition) Author: Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication: June 2005 ISBN: 0321321278 Title: Writing Better Requirements Author: Ian F Alexander and Richard Stevens Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publication Date: 2002 ISBN: 0321131630



Title: Scenarios, Stories and Use Cases Author: Ian Alexander and Neil Maiden Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Publication Date: 2004 ISBN: 0470861940 Title: Requirements by Collaboration Author: Ellen Gottesdiener Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: April 2002 ISBN: 9780201786064 Systems Design Techniques Title: UML 2 & the Unified Process: Practical Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (2nd Edition) Author: Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication: June 2005 ISBN: 0321321278 Title: Design Patterns- Elements of Reusable object-oriented software Author: Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication: October 1994 ISBN: 0201633612 Title: Requirements Analysis and Systems Design (3rd Edition) Author: Leszek Maciaszek Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication: June 2007 ISBN: 0321440366 Title: Classical and Object-Oriented Software Engineering (8th Edition) Author: Stephen Schach Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication: December 2010 ISBN: 0071222081 Title: Introducing Systems Development Author: Steve Skidmore and Malcolm Eva Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication: August 2003 ISBN: 0333973690 Title: Systems Analysis and Design Author: Don Yeates and Tony Wakefield Publisher: FT Prentice Hall Publication: September 2003 ISBN: 0273655361



Systems Modelling Techniques (Structured Techniques Version) Title: Systems Analysis and Design (2nd Edition) Author: Donald Yeates and Tony Wakefield Publisher: FT Prentice Hall Publication Date: 2003 ISBN: 9780273655361 Title: Practical SSADM Version 4+ A Complete Tutorial Guide (2nd Edition) Author: Philip Weaver, Nick Lanbrou and Matthew Walkley Publisher: FT Pitman Publication Date: 1998 ISBN: 9780273626756 Title: An Introduction to SSADM Version 4 Author: Caroline Ashworth and Laurence Slater Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 1993 ISBN: 0077077253 Title: SSADM Version 4: A User’s Guide (Limited Availability) Author: Malcolm Eva Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 1994 ISBN: 0077079590 Title: SSADM Version 4: A Practical Approach Author: Mike Goodland and Caroline Slater Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 1995 ISBN: 007709073X Systems Modelling Techniques (UML Version) Title: Introducing Systems Development Author: Steve Skidmore and Malcolm Eva Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date: 2003 ISBN: 0333973690 Title: UML and the Unified Process Author: Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: 2005 ISBN: 9780321321275 Title: Object – Oriented Systems Analysis and Design Using UML Author: Simon Bennett, Steve McRobb and Ray Farmer Publisher: McGraw Hill Publication Date: 2005 ISBN: 0077092444

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BSD Reading List V3 - BCS Certifications · ... Debbie Paul and Paul Turner . Publisher ... February 2010 . ISBN: 9781906124236 . URL: . Title: Systems Thinking, Systems Practice