Exploring Extreme Programming
Teams often don’t pay enough attention to language. A team can improve its language by using what Eric Evans calls Ubiquitous Language: “A language structured around the domain model and used by all team members to connect all the activities Continue reading Ubiquitous Language – A Triple-Play for Words
[French translation] Of all the attributes of the INVEST model, “Valuable” is the easiest one to, well, value. Who is against value? We’ll look at these key aspects: What is value? The importance of external impact Value for whom? What Continue reading Valuable Stories in the INVEST Model
French Translation In the INVEST model for user stories, N is for Negotiable (and Negotiated). Negotiable hints at several important things about stories: The importance of collaboration Evolutionary design Response to change Collaboration Why do firms exist? Why isn’t everything Continue reading Negotiable Stories in the INVEST Model
Structured Systems Analysis: Tools and Techniques. Chris Gane and Trish Sarson. Prentice Hall, 1979. This is one of the classic books on systems analysis: data flow diagrams, data dictionary, and so on appear. It does a decent job explaining these Continue reading Review – Structured Systems Analysis: Tools and Techniques
Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design, Donald C. Gause and Gerald M. Weinberg. 1989, Dorset House. This book is an exploration not just of gathering requirements, including the challenges of ambiguity. The authors describe how to clarify expectations by using functions, attributes, Continue reading Review – Exploring Requirements
Requirements by Collaboration, Ellen Gottesdiener. ISBN 0-201-78606-0. Addison-Wesley, 2002. Workshops are an effective place to capture requirements – getting the right people in the room, working together well, they can reach important agreements about what is needed. This book focuses Continue reading Review – Requirements by Collaboration
A standard-based search system. Continue reading Analysis Objective: Z39.50 Search System
The object model for the Envision database of scientific literature. Continue reading Analysis Objective: Object Analysis for the Envision Publication Database
A first-cut analysis and high-level design of a computer-based instruction system. Continue reading Analysis Objective: Training System