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Requirements–Led Project Management: Discovering David‘s Slingshot (paperback)

Suzanne Robertson, James C. Robertson

Addison–Wesley Professional

August 2004

Paperback, 352 pages

ISBN: 032165904X

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On-Site and On-Line Training Courses for Business Analysts

How to Manage and Communicate Requirements
How to Manage Changing Requirements

Description

Project managers aim to produce a product that will at a minimum meet their

client‘s needs, and hopefully, enthral the customer. These expert authors have

spent considerable time teaching software professionals about the importance

of an effective requirements gathering process. It is their impression based on

significant experience that many project managers make less than optimal use

of requirements. The book addresses requirements activities from the angle of

how they contribute to project management (and ultimately project success).

The authors believe that like David‘s slingshot, the relatively simple tool of

requirements, when in the right hands, can produce results far beyond its cost.

They also hope that requirements equip the reader to tame a few giants of his

or her own.

Features

Features

How to make better use of requirements and how to use the process of requirements as a management tool that will contribute to success.

° A thorough treatment of how to incorporate requirements into successful project management

° Help your next project run more smoothly, improve communication with stakeholders, react more quickly to changes, and quantify the improvements

° From two of the industry‘s leading requirements experts: Suzanne and James Robertson

From the back cover:

Backcover Copy

Requirements are a crucial ingredient of any successful project. This is true for any product––software, hardware, consumer appliance, or large–scale construction. You have to understand its requirements––what is needed and desired––if you are to build the right product. Most developers recognize the truth in this statement, even if they don‘t always live up to it.

Far less obvious, however, is the contribution that the requirements activity makes to project management. Requirements, along with other outputs from the requirements activity, are potent project management tools.

In Requirements–Led Project Management, Suzanne and James Robertson show how to use requirements to manage the development lifecycle. They show program managers, product and project managers, team leaders, and business analysts specifically how to:

Use requirements as input to project planning and decision–making
Determine whether to invest in a project
Deliver more appropriate products with a quick cycle time
Measure and estimate the requirements effort
Define the most effective requirements process for a project
Manage stakeholder involvement and expectations
Set requirements priorities
Manage requirements across multiple domains and technologies
Use requirements to communicate across business and technological boundaries

In their previous book, Mastering the Requirements Process, the Robertsons defined Volere––their groundbreaking and now widely adopted requirements process. In this second book, they look at the outputs from the requirements process and demonstrate how you can take advantage of the all–important links between requirements and project success.

About the Author:

Author Bios

Suzanne Robertson and James Robertson have, over many years, helped hundreds of companies improve their requirements techniques and move into the fast lane of system development. Their courses and seminars on requirements, analysis, and design are widely praised for their innovative approach. The Robertsons are principals of the Atlantic Systems Guild, a well–known consultancy specializing in the human dimensions of complex system building. They are also the coauthors of Requirements–Led Project Management (Addison–Wesley, 2005).

James Robertson and Suzanne Robertson have, over many years, helped hundreds of companies improve their requirements techniques and move into the fast lane of system development. Their courses and seminars on requirements, analysis, and design are widely praised for their innovative approach. The Robertsons are principals of the Atlantic Systems Guild, a well–known consultancy specializing in the human dimensions of complex system building. They are also the coauthors of Requirements–Led Project Management (Addison–Wesley, 2005).

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