DSDM Dynamic Systems Development Method: The Method in Practice

by Jennifer Stapleton (Author), Peter Constable (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.25

  DSDM is about people, not tools. It is about truly understanding the needs of a business, delivering software solutions that work and delivering them as quickly and as cheaply as possible. The Dynamic Systems Development Method provides a framework of controls and best practice for Rapid Application Development. It was created by a consortium of organisations and it has been proved, since its publication in January 1995, to be extremely effective in delivering maintainable systems which match the needs of the business better than those produced using traditional lifecycles. This book, commissioned by the DSDM Consortium and written by the chairman of the Technical Committee which developed the method, explores the day-to-day realities of implementing the method. It is a practitioner's guide, dealing with issues such as how to get people from different disciplines to work together as a team, how to gain commitment and how to manage projects within normal business constraints. Do you want to cut the development time and increase the fitness-for-use of screen based business applications, by orders of magnitude? This book will enable those in organisations which develop or purchase tailored IT systems, to gain a clear understanding of the benefits of the incremental and iterative approach embodied in the DSDM.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  The Dynamic Systems Development Method is a process that is used to deliver new software systems.

  • Practitioner's guide addressing issues such as how to get people from different disciplines to work together as a team, how to gain commitment and how to manage projects within normal business constraints.
  • New edition covers how to use DSDM with other methodologies such as Extreme Programming and UML.
  • Updated case studies showing how DSDM is used in companies such as BT and British Airways.
  • Based on best practices and lessons learned by DSDM Consortium members and is vendor independent.
  • Members of the DSDM Consortium include Hewlett Packard, BT, British Airways, Ministry of Defence, PWC, Vodafone and KPMG.

  User Level:

  Professional

  Audience:

  Software developers.

  Author Biography:

  The DSDM Consortium aimes to produce and evolve the de facto approach to building systems both quickly and efficiently. In the UK, DSDM is the most commonly used method for RAD since it has repeatedly demonstrated success in organizations of all sizes. It is now gaining acceptace on a worlwide basis