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Requirements Reading List
Requirements gathering is more an art than a science.
The quality of requirements gathering is truly a human interaction endeavor and we all
know the vagaries of that. The recommendations below do a good job at addressing the
various human aspects, cognitive aspects, and techniques to facilitate and gathering
requirements.
| TITLE |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
DATE |
ISBN |
DESCRIPTION |
REQUIREMENTS |
| Exploring Requirements |
D. Gause G. Weinberg |
Dorset House |
1989 |
0-932633-13-7 |
A clearly written volume on how to approach
any development effort. This book on gathering requirements is required reading. It covers
everything from determining the problem, teams, setting expectations, and minimizing the
risk of failure. Another collaborative piece, "Are Your Lights On"- ISBN
0-932633-16-1, is also a good read. Frankly, anything written by Gerald Weinberg is worth
reading. His writing spans many topics, from Systems Thinking to Consulting. Always
entertaining and highly instructive. |
| Requirements Engineering |
I. Sommervile P.
Sawyer |
John Wiley |
1997 |
0-471-97444-7 |
Well written explanation of the various
components and topics that comprise a complete requirements specification. They partitiion
requirements into three levels: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. I found myself
disagreeing at times with the authors regarding their view as to what level a particular
component was. Nevertheless, it is nice to see a breakdown. I
would have liked to have seen more examples since the requirements specification
deliverable is often the most difficult to develop. |
| Managing Software Requirements |
D. Leffingwell D.
Widrig |
Addison Wesley |
2000 |
0-201-61593-2 |
Part of AW's "Object Technology Series,
this book does a good job of following the requirements gathering process from problem
definition to problem solution. They also work within the scope of the Rational
Unified Process (RUP). The book is clearly written and is directed at requirements
analysts. |
| Improving Performance |
G. Rummler A. Brache |
Jossey-Bass |
1995 |
0-7879-0090-7 |
This is an important work in documenting
workflow. Rummler and Brache provide clear diagramming models for articulating
current processes with techniques that lend themselves to "aha!" revelations.
These techniques work well for communicating with the business partners their workflows. The
second updated edition incorporates key learnings. The RB diagrams are also called
"swimlane" diagrams. These diagrams are now popularized as "Activity"
diagrams in the UML (the aspect is Portrait rather than Landscape). |
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