Software Requirements

Winner, Software Development Jolt Productivity Award 1999

As a developer, have you ever produced software that satisfied all the project specsand seemingly none of the customers expectations? As a customer, do you find yourself guessing exactly what kind of information developers need from you? Without formal, verifiable requirementsand an effective system for managing themthe result is usually a gap between what developers think they are supposed to build and what customers think they are going to get.

In SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS, youll discover practical, effective techniques for managing the requirements engineering process all the way through the development cycleincluding tools to facilitate that all-important communication between users, developers, and management. Use them to:

Arrest creeping requirements and manage change requests
Set achievable expectations for functionality and qualityand meet them
Curb the impulse to gold-plate your programs
Cut revisionsand costsdramatically
Produce better software!

Each chapter offers real-world case examples and specific next steps you can take to put the books process-improvement principles into practice. No matter what kind of software you build or what your role in the development process, SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS delivers expert guidance and field-tested techniques for engineering software success!