20 Best Practices for Developing and Managing Requirements on Any Project Software Requirements
Essentials presents 20 core practices for successful requirements planning elicitation
analysis specification validation and management. Leading requirements experts Karl Wiegers
and Candase Hokanson focus on the practices most likely to deliver superior value for both
traditional and agile projects in any application domain. These core practices help teams
understand business problems engage the right participants articulate better solutions
improve communication implement the most valuable functionality in the right sequence and
adapt to change and growth. Concise and tightly focused this book offers just enough pragmatic
how-to detail for you to apply the core practices with confidence whether you're a business
analyst requirements engineer product manager product owner or developer. Using it your
entire team can build a shared understanding of key concepts terminology techniques and
rationales--and work together more effectively on every project. Learn how to: Clarify problems
define business objectives and set solution boundaries Identify stakeholders and decision
makers Explore user tasks events and responses Assess data concepts and relationships Elicit
and evaluate quality attributes Analyze requirements and requirement sets create models and
prototypes and set priorities Specify requirements in a consistent structured and
well-documented fashion Review test and manage change to requirements I once read the ten
best-selling requirements engineering books of the prior ten years. This one book succinctly
presents more useful information than those ten books combined.--Mike Cohn author of User
Stories Applied and co-founder Scrum Alliance Diamonds come about when a huge amount of carbon
atoms are compressed. Karl and Candase have done something very similar: they have compressed
their vast requirements knowledge into 20 gems they call 'core practices.' These practices are
potent stuff and I recommend that they become part of everyone's requirements arsenal.--James
Robertson author of Mastering the Requirements Process and Business Analysis Agility Long
story short: if you are going to read only one requirements book this is it. Software
Requirements Essentials distills the wealth of information found in Software Requirements and
many other texts down to twenty of the most important requirements activities that apply on
nearly all projects. Today's busy BA simply doesn't have the time to read a lengthy instructive
guide front-to-back. But they should find the time to read this book.--From the Foreword by Joy
Beatty COO ArgonDigital Software Requirements Essentials will be a high-value addition to
your business analysis library. Anyone looking to improve their business analysis practices
will find great practical advice they'll be able to apply immediately.--Laura Paton Principal
Consultant BA Academy Inc. Register your book for convenient access to downloads updates
and or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.
