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Davis, Alan Mark was born on January 6, 1949 in Brooklyn. Son of Barney and Hannah (Slobodow) Davis.
(This text defines governing principles for software devel...)
This text defines governing principles for software development, assumptions that work regardless of tools used, to keep software projects from costing too much, taking too long and disappointing users.
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If you develop software without understanding the requirements, you're wasting your time. On the other hand, if a project spends too much time trying to understand the requirements, it will end up late and/or over-budget. And products that are created by such projects can be just as unsuccessful as those that fail to meet the basic requirements. Instead, every company must make a reasonable trade-off between what's required and what time and resources are available. Finding the right balance for your project may depend on many factors, including the corporate culture, the time-to-market pressure, and the criticality of the application. That is why requirements management—gathering requirements, identifying the "right" ones to satisfy, and documenting them—is essential. Just Enough Requirements Management shows you how to discover, prune, and document requirements when you are subjected to tight schedule constraints. You'll apply just enough process to minimize risks while still achieving desired outcomes. You'll determine how many requirements are just enough to satisfy your customers while still meeting your goals for schedule, budget, and resources. If your project has insufficient resources to satisfy all the requirements of your customers, you must read Just Enough Requirements Management. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reviews "Al Davis takes for his subject the largely unexplored middle ground between the requirements purists and the requirements cowboys. Since it's this middle ground where real work gets done, his guidance is both useful and welcome." —Tom DeMarco, coauthor of Peopleware Principal, The Atlantic Systems Guild, systemsguild.com
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Covering the full spectrum of software requirements approaches, this book compares and contrasts both problem analysis techniques and notations as well as software requirements specification techniques and notations. It provides detailed comparisons of all the requirements engineering approaches--whether they emphasize objects, functions and dataflow, or behavior--including enough information about each so readers can use them immediately. An ideal reference for practicing requirements analysts and engineers, and requirements and specification writers.
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Davis, Alan Mark was born on January 6, 1949 in Brooklyn. Son of Barney and Hannah (Slobodow) Davis.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, State University of New York, Albany, 1970; Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Illinois, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1975.
Assistant professor computer science, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1975-1977;
member technical staff, GTE laboratories, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1977-1978;
manager software engineering department, GTE laboratories, Waltham, 1978-1987;
director software technical center, GTE laboratories, Waltham, 1981-1983;
director Research and Development, GTE Comm. Systems, Phoenix, 1983-1984;
vice president, BTG, Inc., Vienna, Virginia, 1984-1988;
acting chair computer science department, George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, 1990-1991;
professor information and software engineering, George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, 1990-1991;
El Pomar professor software engineering, U. Colorado, Colorado Springs, since 1991. Sole proprietor Davis Company, Colorado Springs, 1991-1995.
Board directors Requisite, Inc., Boulder.
( Covering the full spectrum of software requirements ap...)
(This text defines governing principles for software devel...)
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Board directors Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra, 1992-1995. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (editor-in-chief emeritus Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Software, since 1998, editor-in-chief Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Software, 1994-1998, international distinguished lecturer, 1983, certified appreciation Computer Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1984, 98, Meritorious Service award, 1999, international distinguished lecturer, 1983, Golden Core award 1999), Association Computing Machinery (recognition service award 1990, 92, associate editor Communications Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 1981-1991).
Son of Barney and Hannah (Slobodow) D. M. Virginia Susan Zachary, November 1976. Children: Marsha Sydney, Michael Zachary.