In Beyond Requirements, Kent J. Mc Donald shows how to go beyond mere "requirements gathering and capture" to apply analysis with an agile mindset and to satisfy stakeholders by solving the right problems in the right ways. Mc Donald introduces successful techniques for understanding stakeholders' needs, identifying the best solution for satisfying those needs in your context, and building a shared understanding of your solution that persists throughout development.
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The past few years have seen the rise of agile or evolutionary methods in software development. These methods embrace change in requirements even late in the project. The ability to change software is because of certain practices that are followed within teams, such as Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, and Continuous Integration.
Around the world, enterprise development teams and other large-scale development organizations are turning to agile methodologies, seeking the major productivity and quality improvements these methods promise. However, large-scale agile development is not easy, and publicly available success stories have been scarce.
Effective requirements discovery and analysis is a critical best practice for serious application development. Until now, however, requirements and Agile methods have rarely coexisted peacefully. For many enterprises considering Agile approaches, the absence of effective and scalable Agile requirements processes has been a showstopper for Agile adoption. In Agile Software Requirements, Dean Leffingwell shows exactly how to create effective requirements in Agile environments.
20 Best Practices for Developing and Managing Requirements on Any Project Software Requirements Essentials presents 20 core practices for successful requirements planning, elicitation, analysis, specification, validation, and management. Leading requirements experts Karl Wiegers and Candase Hokanson focus on the practices most likely to deliver superior value for both traditional and agile projects, in any application domain.
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