Review of the hardback: : 'I strongly recommend this book to people who view information systems only as a technology and do not remember that any technology that can change the way people live and work is necessarily a social and philosophical subject.' G. Rumolo, Computing Reviews

1. Introduction; 2. Definition and evolution of information systems development methodologies and data modeling; 3. Philosophical foundations; 4. Conceptual and paradigmatic foundations of ISD; 5. Paradigmatic analysis of ISD methodologies; 6. Conceptual and paradigmatic foundations of data modeling; 7. Paradigmatic analysis of data modeling approaches; 8. Conclusions; Appendix A. Summaries of selected methodologies; Bibliography; Index.