Abstract
It is a fact that the Systems Analysis and Design course is the pinnacle of any IS/CIS/MIS curriculum. Accordingly, one would expect the quality of the textbooks used for this course to match that level of importance. However, after two decades of teaching Systems Analysis and Design and using a wide array of textbooks, we have identified a good number of serious defects and shortcomings in almost all the popular textbooks in use. These defects range from poor introduction of the subject to students, bad presentation of the material, inaccuracy, and illogical order of presentation, to incomplete information. The purpose of this research paper is to outline a few major defects and provide solutions. Additionally, we also hope to appeal to our colleagues in order to build a consensus. It is critical that we pay attention to these problems and voice our concerns to the authors and publishers to remedy the situation in future editions of their textbooks. This paper raises three major issues namely finding the root-cause of a problem, the need for a domain-expert and a process-expert.
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