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Actually, feyd, whilst the book "The Art of Project Management" does look like a good book, I'm not sure it is what I am after.. when I say design I refer to literally how to design an application, but not to the other sections listed for that book (such as meeting deadlines, or motivatin the team etc.) is this book still good for just that area?
It's focused more on the business level side of the equation, so while I do recommend it, it might not be the perfect match to what you're looking for. However, it was written for software development, so it's more on-topic than most other project management books I've seen.
Do you mean how to design models, processes, erds, uml, ooad, etc or are you looking at the full project life cycle like scoping, uat, cost estimation, etc?
System life cycle I have had drummed into me for the last 5 years by my employer, only thing missing was the beginning as I haven't been involved in any new projects thus far
This is an illustration, albeit brief, of the scope of a project. So it would appear you are talking about Project Management, in which case I fully back the recommendation for the book I've already mentioned.
If you are unfamiliar with UML and related systems, I can also suggest getting the Object Technology series of books from Addison-Wesley: http://www.awprofessional.com/otseries