Mastering the Requirements Process

by James C. Robertson (Author), Suzanne Robertson (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.25

  If the purpose is to create one of the best books on requirements yet written, the authors have succeeded. -Capers Jones It is widely recognized that incorrect requirements account for up to 60 percent of errors in software products, and yet the majority of software development organizations do not have a formal requirements process. Many organizations appear willing to spend huge amounts on fixing and altering poorly specified software, but seem unwilling to invest a much smaller amount to get the requirements right in the first place. Mastering the Requirements Process, Second Edition, sets out an industry-proven process for gathering and verifying requirements with an eye toward today's agile development environments. In this total update of the bestselling guide, the authors show how to discover precisely what the customer wants and needs while doing the minimum requirements work according to the project's level of agility. Features include * The Volere requirements process-completely specified, and revised for compatibility with agile environments* A specification template that can be used as the basis for your own requirements specifications * New agility ratings that help you funnel your efforts into only the requirements work needed for your particular development environment and project* How to make requirements testable using fit criteria* Iterative requirements gathering leading to faster delivery to the client* Checklists to help identify stakeholders, users, nonfunctional requirements, and more * Details on gathering and implementing requirements for iterative releases* An expanded project sociology section for help with identifying and communicating with stakeholders* Strategies for exploiting use cases to determine the best product to build * Methods for reusing requirements and requirements patterns * Examples showing how the techniques and templates are applied in real-world situations

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.25

  Delivering the software that your customer really wants. Mastering the Requirements Process and the Volere specification template are real breakthroughs. They introduce the beginnings of science to a domain which had, up till now, been ruled by craft. - Tom DeMarco It is widely recognized that incorrect requirements account for up to 60% of errors in software products, and yet the majority of software development organizations do not have a formal requirements process. Many organizations appear willing to spend huge amounts on fixing and altering badly-specified software, but seem unwilling to invest a much smaller amount to get the requirements right in the first place. This is a book for those who want to get the right requirements. Mastering the Requirements Process sets out an industry-tested process for gathering and verifying requirements. It provides the techniques and insights for discovering precisely what the customer wants and needs. Mastering the Requirements Process shows, step by step, template by template, example by example, one well-tested way to assemble a complete, comprehensive requirements process. - Jerry Weinberg The specification template in this book provides the basis for your own requirements specifications. It guides you to the correct specification content as each part of the process reveals different aspects of the products functionality and properties. This book shows you how to make the requirement measurable and testable. By providing a measurement - a fit criterion - for each requirement, the requirements analyst can describe precisely what the customer wants, the designer can construct a product that exactly matches the requirement, and the tester can determine whether or not the final solution satisfies the requirement. The Robertsons' concept of fit criteria is -- all by itself -- worth the investment of your time to read the whole book. Fit criteria and the allied discipline of quality gateways enable you to build requirement sets that are measurable, provably correct and testibly complete. - Tom DeMarco