Business Specifications: The Key to Successful Software Engineering

by Haim Kilov

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130798444
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent! No need to upgrade when a new tool appears.

One of my esteemed reviewer colleagues said, "the book is conceptual, not actionable". Good concepts are actionable. But leaving this aside, being conceptual is great! There are many books that need an upgrade when a new version of some tool will become available. (For example, there are hundreds of UML-specific books.)This book is not tool-dependent, and it will remain valuable for a long time to come. It shows all of us where to start and how to proceed when we have to write business requirements. In particular, it shows what can be reused, so we do not have to start from a blank sheet of paper. And when we read the clear, precise and concise business specifications shown in the book, we can see the difference between these specifications and volumes of "too much stuff" presented as business requirements and not read by anyone.It is a pity that the author shows business patterns only from finance, more are needed from other business areas.

Understandable

I work in a financial firm and always wanted to find out what modeling is all about. I could not understand books about object oriented analysis or uml, they do not ring a bell at all. I do not care about toy examples like students and professors and about stick figures. But I easily understood this book and used it with other business staff and my development team to achieve a shared understanding of the business. The business staff became and remained critical partners with IT staff throughout development.

Possibly the most important techie book this year

Straight shooting, to the point. Extremely informative and in depth examination of the current technology. A must read to all techies!