Business analysis, requirements, and project management : a guide for computing students /
Karl Cox.
- First edition.
- xviii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
1. Business Concept Models 1 -- 2. Business Process Modelling 19 -- 3. Problem Frames 41 -- 4. Requirements and Specification 57 -- 5. Use Cases 77 -- 6. A Brief Discussion of Software Project Management 97 -- 7. Product Breakdown Structures 111 -- 8. Gantt Charts 123 -- 9. Kanban Boards 137 -- 10. Summary 147
"Business Analysis, Requirements, and Project Management: A Guide for Computing Students presents an approach to analysis management that scales the business perspective. It takes a business process view of a business proposal as a model and explains how to structure a technical problem into a recognisable pattern with problem frames. It shows how to identify core transactions and model them as use cases to create a requirements table useful to designers and coders. Linked to the analysis are three management tools: the product breakdown structure (PBS), the Gantt chart, and the Kanban board. The PBS is derived in part from the problem frame. The Gantt chart emerges from the PBS and ensures the key requirements are addressed by reference to use cases. The Kanban board is especially useful in Task Driven Development, which the text covers"--