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Use Cases: Requirements in Context, Second Edition

Use Cases: Requirements in Context, Second Edition

by Daryl Kulak

Text describes how to gether and define software requirements using a process based on use cases. Show systems analysts and designers how use cases can provide solutions to the most challenging requirements issues; resulting in effective, quality systems that meet the needs of users. Previous ed: c2000. Softcover. DLC: System design.

Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach, Second Edition

Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach, Second Edition

by Dean Leffingwell

This Second Edition of the popular text Managing Software Requirements focuses on this critical cause of failure and offers a practical, proven approach to building systems that meet customers' needs on time and within budget. Using an approachable style, their own war stories and a comprehensive case study, the authors show how students can effectively identify requirements by applying a variety of techniques,... (more)

Software Requirements, Second Edition

by Karl Eugene Wiegers

Learn proven, real-world techniques for managing the software requirements engineering process. This award-winning book has been expanded with new topics, including use cases, up-to-date tools, more field examples, and a new troubleshooting guide.

Creating a Software Engineering Culture

by Karl Eugene Wiegers

Presents a comprehensive approach to improving the quality and effectiveness of the software development process. Author identifies scores of culture builders and culture killers. DLC: Software engineering.

Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solutions Architecture: MCSD Training Kit (exam 70-100)

Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solutions Architecture: MCSD Training Kit (exam 70-100)

by Scott F. Wilson

This Microsoft(r) Official Curriculum training kit delivers comprehensive preparation for MCP Exam 70-100-a core exam on the Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) track and the only exam every MCSD candidate must pass, no matter which track (Visual Basic(r) or Visual C++(r)) they choose. Through a self-paced system of scenario-based lessons and hands-on labs, students learn how to analyze business... (more)

Introduction to the Team Software Process(sm)

Introduction to the Team Software Process(sm)

by Watts S. Humphrey

Describes an introductory version of TSP, ideal for smaller projects but also useful for learning basic techniques and procedures that apply to other development projects.

Customer Centered Products: Creating Successful Products Through Smart Requirements Management

Customer Centered Products: Creating Successful Products Through Smart Requirements Management

by Ivy F. Hooks

A powerful system for getting the right requirements--and creating products faster, better...and cheaper! "Never time enough to do it right, but always time enough to do it over." In today's "faster-better-cheaper-at-any-cost" world, this is not just a joke, but an all-too-frequent reality. And, most often, a poor understanding of the requirements for a product is the reason it must be done over. ... (more)

Managing the Software Process

by Watts S. Humphrey

The author, drawing on years of experience at IBM and the SEI, provides here practical guidance for improving the software development and maintenance process. He focuses on understanding and managing the software process because this is where he feels organizations now encounter the most serious problems, and where he feels there is the best opportunity for significant improvement. Both program managers and... (more)

The QFD Handbook

by Jack B. ReVelle

The increased focus on customers' needs has allowed organizations employing quality function deployment (QFD) to develop a competitive advantage in quality, cost, development cycle time, and delivery. This will be one of the first books to bring together the top individuals in QFD to discuss its applications in all areas of business.

Process Mapping: How to Reengineer Your Business Processes

Process Mapping: How to Reengineer Your Business Processes

by V. Daniel Hunt

A business organization, like a human body, is only as effective as its various processes. Pretty obvious, right? Yet, as V. Daniel Hunt demonstrates in this groundbreaking book, the failure to appreciate this obvious fact is the reason most reengineering schemes fail. Managers whose job it is to improve company performance, like physicians who work to improve patient health, must develop a clear picture of how... (more)

Software Process Improvement: Practical Guidelines for Business Success

Software Process Improvement: Practical Guidelines for Business Success

by Sami Zahran

This book will help you to manage and control the quality of your organization's software products. Continually dealing with the problems caused by software defects can be both time-consuming and demanding but Sami Zahran's pragmatic approach will take you from reactive fire-fighting to a preventative culture of disciplined and continuous process improvement. This book will help you: *establish a process-focused... (more)

Information Productivity: Assessing Information Management Costs of U. S. Corporations

Information Productivity: Assessing Information Management Costs of U. S. Corporations

by Paul A. Strassmann

Joint Requirements Engineering

by Georg Herzwurm, Sixten Schockert, Werner Mellis

Software development is becoming more and more complex and dynamic. The strength of traditional Requirements Engineering methods lies in formalization of existing user requirements. However, if - such as in Internet applications, for example - requirements and/or technical solutions are unclear, a flexible, rapid process is required that integrates know-how of users and developers and focuses on the essential.... (more)

Leistungsbeschreibung und Abnahme von IT-Anwendungssystemen.

Leistungsbeschreibung und Abnahme von IT-Anwendungssystemen.

by Karlfriedrich Groh

Mastering the Requirements ProcessSuzanne & Robertson, James Robertson

Mastering the Requirements Process

by Suzanne & Robertson, James Robertson

Writing Effective Use Cases

by Alistair Cockburn

(Pearson Education) An up-to-date guide to writing use cases, expanding on the classic treatments into intermediate and advanced concepts, making this guide appropriate for all skill levels. Softcover. DLC: Application software--Development.

User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series)

User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series)

by Mike Cohn

The concept of user stories has its roots as one of the main tenets of Extreme Programming. In simple terms, user stories represent an effective means of gathering requirements from the customer (roughly akin to use cases). This book describes user stories and demonstrates how they can be used to properly plan, manage, and test software development projects. The book highlights both successful and unsuccessful... (more)

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Tags: requirements management

Use Cases: Requirements in Context, Second Edition

by Daryl Kulak

Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach, Second Edition

by Dean Leffingwell

Software Requirements, Second Edition

by Karl Eugene Wiegers

Creating a Software Engineering Culture

by Karl Eugene Wiegers

Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solutions Architecture: MCSD Training Kit (exam 70-100)

by Scott F. Wilson

Introduction to the Team Software Process(sm)

by Watts S. Humphrey

Customer Centered Products: Creating Successful Products Through Smart Requirements Management

by Ivy F. Hooks

Managing the Software Process

by Watts S. Humphrey

The QFD Handbook

by Jack B. ReVelle

Process Mapping: How to Reengineer Your Business Processes

by V. Daniel Hunt

Software Process Improvement: Practical Guidelines for Business Success

by Sami Zahran

Information Productivity: Assessing Information Management Costs of U. S. Corporations

by Paul A. Strassmann

Joint Requirements Engineering

by Georg Herzwurm, Sixten Schockert, Werner Mellis

Leistungsbeschreibung und Abnahme von IT-Anwendungssystemen.

by Karlfriedrich Groh

Mastering the Requirements Process

by Suzanne & Robertson, James Robertson

Writing Effective Use Cases

by Alistair Cockburn

User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series)

by Mike Cohn