| Selected Product: | Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design Hardcover Author: Donald C. Gause, Gerald M. Weinberg Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated Release Date: 1989-09-01 ISBN-10: 0932633137 ISBN-13: 9780932633132 List Price: $44.95 Average Customer Rating: | | Software Requirements, Second Edition (Pro-Best Practices) ISBN-10: 0735618798 ISBN-13: 9780735618794 List Price:$39.99 Software Requirements, Second Edition ISBN-10: 0735618798 ISBN-13: 0790145187987 List Price:$39.99 Are Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out What the Problem Really Is ISBN-10: 0932633161 ISBN-13: 9780932633163 List Price:$13.95 Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach ISBN-10: 0932633021 ISBN-13: 9780932633026 List Price:$29.95 Software Requirements: Objects, Functions and States (Revised Edition) (2nd Edition) ISBN-10: 013805763X ISBN-13: 9780138057633 List Price:$77.32 Software Requirements: Objects, Functions and States, Second Edition ISBN-10: 013805763X ISBN-13: 0076092033080 List Price:$77.32 Software Requirements Engineering, 2nd Edition ISBN-10: 0818677384 ISBN-13: 9780818677380 List Price:$84.95 | To use our price comparison to get the cheapest price, please click on the "Find the Cheapest Price" button located above for Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design by Donald C. Gause, Gerald M. Weinberg (ISBN-10: 0932633137, ISBN-13: 9780932633132). At this time we have not yet written a review for Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design by Donald C. Gause, Gerald M. Weinberg (ISBN-10: 0932633137, ISBN-13: 9780932633132). Please continue to keep checking back to this page as we are constantly adding reviews. Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com My favorite book on the art of requirements gathering | Customer Rating: | "The document is nothing; the documenting is everything."
This quote encompasses the most important concept I learned from this terrific book on the art of gathering requirements. Most customers seem to focus exclusively on the size and quality of the requirements document itself. What Gause & Weinberg are saying here is that the process of developing the requirements and the building of a strong project team should be the primary goals. The document itself is secondary.
I've read this book at least three times and I'm constantly finding new ideas and tips that I missed in previous readings. The book is now covered almost top to bottom in highlights and peppered with little sticky note bookmarks. I've also skimmed it before the start of a project and I found the list of Helpful Hints at the end of every chapter to be quite useful.
A sample product development project is skillfully integrated into the book and helps to tie together the many recommendations and process advice presented. I've impressed many a client with my customized process for requirements gathering, which has been improved tremendously by the techniques I learned from G&W.
As an independent technology and management consultant, I can't have enough tools to facilitate the work on my projects. This book is a must read for project managers or business analysts who are involved in creation of any kind of product or service from software development to manufacturing to new media. | Timeless book | Customer Rating: | | I believe I first read this book in the mid-1990's when I was working as a product manager for a software application. You will not find a better book to start your journey about understanding requirements. It is a great foundational book before you dive into sophisticated methods like Quality Functional Deployment (QFD). It was an amazing book to read at the time. I just picked up the book today to read a few sections. It's still a great read, it is timeless. | Premier Book on Requirements Exploration | Customer Rating: | | Note the distinction, this is not about Requirements Management, but understanding how to generate and explore requirements for goodness. I love Weinberg because he always makes you think. He takes an unconventional approach and I have never yet read a book of his where I didn't come away with an epiphany, and a completely different understanding of the fundamental problems. Sections 9.2 and 9.4 are classic and worth the price of the book! If you read these and still can't understand why the requirements problem is Hard, change profession. | Time To Stop Printing | Customer Rating: | I buy a lot of books from amazon, and I rarely make any comments. The material and style of this book are outdated, and it is vague on content. The authors should make a revised version, or the book should no longer be printed.
Bottom line, do not buy it! I am returning my copy. |
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