{"product_id":"discovering-requirements-9780470712405","title":"Discovering Requirements","description":"\"This book is not only of practical value. It's also a lot of fun to read.\" Michael Jackson, The Open University.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Do you need to know how to create good requirements?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovering Requirements offers a set of simple, robust, and effective cognitive tools for building requirements. Using worked examples throughout the text, it shows you how to develop an understanding of any problem, leading to questions such as: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat are you trying to achieve?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWho is involved, and how?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat do those people want? Do they agree?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do you envisage this working?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat could go wrong?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy are you making these decisions? What are you assuming?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The established author team of Ian Alexander and Ljerka Beus-Dukic answer these and related questions, using a set of complementary techniques, including stakeholder analysis, goal modelling, context modelling, storytelling and scenario modelling, identifying risks and threats, describing rationales, defining terms in a project dictionary, and prioritizing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis easy to read guide is full of carefully-checked tips and tricks. Illustrated with worked examples, checklists, summaries, keywords and exercises, this book will encourage you to move closer to the real problems you're trying to solve. Guest boxes from other experts give you additional hints for your projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvaluable for anyone specifying requirements including IT practitioners, engineers, developers, business analysts, test engineers, configuration managers, quality engineers and project managers.\u003cbr\u003e A practical sourcebook for lecturers as well as students studying software engineering who want to learn about requirements work in industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnce you've read this book you will be ready to create good requirements!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780470712405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43448922308789,"sku":"9780470712405","price":58.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7b906e47-9cac-4877-8632-db73f1672a1a.jpg?v=1704214596","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/discovering-requirements-9780470712405","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}