Lonnie D. Bentley is an American computer scientist, and Professor and former Department Head of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University, known with Kevin C. Dittman and Jeffrey L. Whitten as co-author of the textbook Systems Analysis and Design Methods, which is now in its 7th edition
Education
Born in 1957, Bentley attended the Mountain Home High School in Arkansas. He studied at the Arkansas State University, where in 1979 he received his Bachelor of Surgery in Business Data Processing, and in 1981 his Master of Surgery in Information Systems.
Career
Bentley has taught courses such as Systems Analysis and Design Methods. Systems Analysis (using structured analysis-based methods). Systems Analysis (using information engineering-based methods).
Systems Design (using RAD design-based methods).
Systems Design (using structured design-based methods). Enterprise Resource Planning and Integration.
Business Process Redesign. Aside from systems analysis and design, Bentley also focuses on enterprise applications, business process redesign, computer-aided software engineering (Computer-Aided Software Engineering), rapid application development (RAD), and graphical user interface (GUI) design.
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