{"product_id":"discovering-requirements-paperback","title":"Discovering Requirements - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan F. Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLjerka Beus-Dukic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 \u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This book is not only of practical value. It's also a lot of fun to read.\"\u003c\/i\u003e Michael Jackson, The Open University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you need to know how to create good requirements?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscovering Requirements\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWho is involved, and how?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat do those people want? Do they agree?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do you envisage this working?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat could go wrong?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy are you making these decisions? What are you assuming?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIan Alexander\u003c\/strong\u003e consults and trains on requirements. He has co-authored 3 books including \u003cem\u003eWriting Better Requirements\u003c\/em\u003e (2002, Wiley), \u003cem\u003eHTML 4\u003c\/em\u003e (1997, Addison-Wesley) and \u003cem\u003eScenarios, Stories, Use Cases\u003c\/em\u003e (2004, Wiley), and has published many technical papers and popular articles, including regular contributions to the \u003cem\u003eIEEE Software\u003c\/em\u003e. He runs various requirements training courses for IET, JBA, DERA, QSS and UNICOM amongst others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLjerka Beus-Dukic\u003c\/strong\u003e is a lecturer in software engineering and has taught Requirements Engineering for a number of years. Prior to joining academia, she worked in industry as a software engineer developing software for real-time applications. Ljerka is the author of many technical papers and was a contributor for the book (Powell D. (Ed.), \u003cem\u003eA Generic Fault-Tolerant Architecture for Real-Time Dependable Systems\u003c\/em\u003e, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001). She is on the programme committee for a number of conferences including ICCBSS and Euromicro and also worked on the EU funded GUARDS project. She has co-authored around 30 publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697019752511,"sku":"9780470712405","price":82.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/686ab05e5ead6980fab544a3037c3654.webp?v=1765008172","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/discovering-requirements-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}