For Application Development & Program Management Professionals (Length: 23 pages)

April 15, 2009

Just Do It: Modernize Your Requirements Practices

Incorporate Agile Techniques To Better Meet Business Needs In Five Easy Steps

This is the fourth document in the "Lean Software" series.

by Dave West, Mary Gerush

with Mike Gilpin, David D'Silva


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Developing sound requirements is one of the most important aspects of any software development project. When requirements are clear, concise, and comprehensive, all other aspects of the process are easier and more successful. But requirements approaches are plagued with problems. They often deliver incomplete or conflicting requirements, and they commonly deliver them in the form of lengthy documents that no one reads. The result? Project failure, cost overruns, and applications that don't fulfill customer needs. But Agile development approaches have changed the game: Agile project teams work more closely with the business and use lightweight techniques, continuous inspection, and experimentation to drive team understanding and deliver the right software. By applying Agile requirements approaches, traditional development teams can deliver more-effective solutions to their business partners while simultaneously improving relationships.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemTraditional Requirements Practices Are Sound But Not Always Effective

itemAgile Techniques Offer A More Modern Approach To Requirements

itemIncorporate Agile Requirements Techniques To Balance Heavy And Light

recommendations

itemAgile Isn't A Silver Bullet, But It Can Definitely Add Value

Forrester interviewed approximately 15 vendor and user companies, including Atlassian, Blueprint Software Systems, Borland Software, Compuware, EBG Consulting, HP, IBM, iRise, Ivar Jacobson Consulting, MKS, Rally Software Development, Ravenflow, Serena Software, and Seilevel.

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Analyst: Dave West, Mary Gerush
Technology: Application Development, Application Development Processes & Tools
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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