num_pages: 516
description: Without formal, verifiable software requirementsand an effective system for managing themthe programs that developers think they’ve agreed to build often will not be the same products their customers are expecting. In SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS, Second Edition, requirements engineering authority Karl Wiegers amplifies the best practices presented in his original award-winning text?now a mainstay for anyone participating in the software development process.In this book, you’ll discover effective techniques for managing the requirements engineering process all the way through the development cycleincluding dozens of techniques to facilitate that all-important communication between users, developers, and management. This updated edition features new case examples, anecdotes culled from the author’s extensive consulting career, and specific Next Steps for putting the book’s process-improvement principles into practice. You’ll also find several new chapters, sample documents, and an incisive troubleshooting guide.Discover how to:    Set achievable expectations for functionality and quality   NEW: Incorporate business rules into application development   Employ use cases to discover user requirements   Arrest creeping requirements and manage change requests   NEW: Deal with requirements on maintenance, outsourced, and package solution projects   Curb the impulse to gold-plate” your programs   NEW: Grow effective requirements analysts   Cut revisionsand costsdramatically   Produce better software!   No matter what kind of software you build, or what your role in the development process, SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS, Second Edition, delivers expert guidance and field-tested techniques for engineering software success.
language: English
title: Software Requirements: Practical Techniques for Gathering and Managing Requirements Throughout the Product Development Cycle
titlecomplete: Software Requirements: Practical Techniques for Gathering and Managing Requirements Throughout the Product Development Cycle
genres: Management, Reference, Computer Science, Technology, Programming, Technical, Software, Business, Computers, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 795
publisher: Microsoft Press