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Managing Software Requirements the Agile Way

By : Fred Heath
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Managing Software Requirements the Agile Way

By: Fred Heath

Overview of this book

Difficulty in accurately capturing and managing requirements is the most common cause of software project failure. Learning how to analyze and model requirements and produce specifications that are connected to working code is the single most fundamental step that you can take toward project success. This book focuses on a delineated and structured methodology that will help you analyze requirements and write comprehensive, verifiable specifications. You'll start by learning about the different entities in the requirements domain and how to discover them based on customer input. You’ll then explore tried-and-tested methods such as impact mapping and behavior-driven development (BDD), along with new techniques such as D3 and feature-first development. This book takes you through the process of modeling customer requirements as impact maps and writing them as executable specifications. You’ll also understand how to organize and prioritize project tasks using Agile frameworks, such as Kanban and Scrum, and verify specifications against the delivered code. Finally, you'll see how to start implementing the requirements management methodology in a real-life scenario. By the end of this book, you'll be able to model and manage requirements to create executable specifications that will help you deliver successful software projects.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Understanding the Camford conundrum

Our fictional Camford University is one of the oldest and most reputable universities in the country. As a worldwide center of excellence, they are renowned for their high-quality teaching and innovative research. They publish hundreds of academic papers each year, via their publishing department, Camford Press. They have been publishing ground-breaking papers for centuries, which is where the conundrum lies. Their methods of publishing haven't changed much in the last few decades, which is now causing them a problem as they find it difficult to cope with the increasing supply of papers by an ever-expanding university. Although Camford Press has unparalleled knowledge and skills in the academic peer review and publishing processes, they are not really up to speed with modern technologies and they do not fully comprehend how to leverage such technologies to their benefit. They did upgrade their process to an email-based system a few years back...