A Requirements Pattern: Succeeding in the Internet Economy [Paperback]

Patricia L. Ferdinandi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 29, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0201738260 | ISBN-13: 978-0201738261 | Edition: 1

Today's Internet-based software must be developed at a breakneck pace, and it must deliver unprecedented levels of performance, reliability, and availability. Success begins with absolute clarity about requirements. A Requirements Pattern helps developers and project team members gain that clarity, by presenting a proven pattern for building superior Internet-based software. Leading consultant Patricia Ferdinandi begins by demonstrating why requirements are so crucial in today's development environments, and why a modern requirements approach can make it far easier to build successful Internet software. This book introduces software requirements for functional project elements, non-functional elements, and quality levels. It demonstrates how to use requirements to build software that is flexible and can evolve to meet new business needs; how to ask the right questions; and how to manage the requirements process, specifying the most appropriate role for each participant. Ferdinandi even presents a full chapter of e-commerce "anti-patterns" that have proven to fail in real-world development -- and what to do instead. For all software engineers, systems analysts, quality control personnel, project leaders, and other participants in Internet application development projects.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Requirements definition is crucial to the success of any product, especially in volatile and fast­paced, Internet­based industries.

A Requirements Pattern offers a coherent and consistent approach to the entire requirements engineering process ensuring the practitioner’s success. The book covers everything from initial product concept through incremental feature implementation, offering special consideration for the unique challenges of Internet­based software development. The author presents a proven requirements framework that can be used for ensuring the quality and integrity of your requirements set. The requirements set framework coaches to elicit a complete set of requirements including those critical aspects beyond the software.

Three key themes support the information and advice put forth in this book. They are: understanding the breadth of requirements that comprise the Internet requirements set, properly managing the evolutionary process, and initiating parallel and coordinated development efforts for the Internet product.

This book examines:

Capturing all business communities requirements

Managing—through anti­patterns—common requirement­related pitfalls that results in gaps in knowledge, participation, and process

Understanding the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the Internet product development

An important process that includes proper requirement allocation

Implementing requirements configuration management

With the wealth of knowledge and real­world experience revealed in A Requirements Pattern, you will be well equipped to develop quality Internet products that successfully improve the products’ return on investment.

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About the Author

Patricia L. Ferdinandi is the President of Strategic Business Decisions, Inc., a company specializing in requirements engineering, process improvement, and project management. During her career, she has been successful in the roles of requirements engineer, trainer, and program manager on numerous projects. An acknowledged requirements expert, she has spoken on the topic at many conferences and has written several articles for Software Testing, Software Development, Quality Engineering, and IEEE.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (November 29, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201738260
• ISBN-13: 978-0201738261
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,630,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a rare enlightening book in a field bogged down by books that miss the mark, April 6, 2007

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This review is from: A Requirements Pattern: Succeeding in the Internet Economy (Paperback)

When trying to understand what information architectures are all about, this is the only book I have come across that answered all of my questions and placed the field in context with modern technologies. Unfortunately, most books on information architectures fall into two categories that miss the mark:

1. There are books written by IA experts before the internet, and the terms and viewpoint used require considerable on-the-fly translations to modern technologies.

2. There are books written by IT experts who couldn't spot an IA if it bit them on the leg. These books are fat with useless lists of IT technologies and acronyms.

Fredinandi's book is worth reading cover-to-cover, and more than once.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on Internet software requirements gathering, December 6, 2001

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David Siebenheller "dave" (Colts Neck, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Requirements Pattern: Succeeding in the Internet Economy (Paperback)

Ms Ferdinandi does an excellent job exploring the unique process of gathering requirements for web-based development projects. When your business partner is operating on "Internet time" it's easy to take shortcuts that can have disastrous consequences later. This book provides a methodology that ensures you can deliver systems quickly while not neglecting important aspects of the requirements gathering and management process. Covers initial project requirements as well as enhancement requirements. Highly recommended.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great reference for developing high quality requirements, December 18, 2001

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Jill Jeffrey (Princeton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Requirements Pattern: Succeeding in the Internet Economy (Paperback)

Validating requirements is a tough job especially for someone like me that is not intimately involved in the project. I'm called in to review requirements for quality. Sure, I can use the checklist that appears in so many requirement type books. This is the FIRST book that talks about looking at all the requirements and checking to see if you have any gaps in knowledge. The way the author categorizes requirements, it is easy to follow and so simple to implement in any size organization for any type of project. I will be able to help the team way before design begins. The cross-checking techniques will save me time and the company money.