As the title implies, The Information System Consultant’s Handbook: Systems Analysis and Design, was written for professional systems analysts, system designers, and information system consultants. The premise is simple. If you are an information system professional, you often work with existing documentation and are frequently assigned to a new system development project in midstream, after considerable work has already been done. In both cases you are likely to encounter unfamiliar documentation, tools, techniques, and methodologies. The schedule is (always) tight, so you must quickly get “up to speed” and begin contributing. This book is written to help you quickly get up to speed.