Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)

This text analyzes critical causes of failure for software projects and offers a practical approach for building systems that meet customers' needs on time and under budget. Leffingwell (a software business consultant) and Widrig (a technical writer) offer their own war stories and a comprehensive case study to help illustrate topics including the five steps of problem analysis, managing project scope, and agile requirements methods. The revised second edition includes a new preface and increased emphasis on the power of use cases for defining behaviors of systems. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Dean Leffingwell, software business development consultant and former Rational Software executive, is a recognized authority on software requirements. He was cofounder and chief executive officer of Requisite, Inc., where he developed RequisitePro, the highly successful requirements management software tool, and Requirements College, the basis of Rational's popular requirements management professional development course series.

Don Widrig is an independent technical writer and consultant. He developed and delivered Rational Software's RequisitePro Tool Training Course until his "retirement" to the mountains of Colorado in 1997. When he is not busy watching the elk in his yard, Don writes a regular column for his local newspaper and does pro bono work helping the townspeople deal with their computers. He was formerly the vice president of research and development at RELA, Inc., a producer of safety-critical, real-time systems.