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Telling Stories A Short Path to Writing Better Software Requirements

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ISBN-10: 0470437006

ISBN-13: 9780470437001

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ben Rinzler, Rinzler

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Telling Stories focuses on how to write a software requirements document using the most ancient and human process for sharing information, the narrative. Telling Stories will explain that a requirement document must capture the requirements of all stakeholders and communicate them to the designers and builders of the system. But the book will also describe how the document must sell the project to senior management and other important decision makers. The book addresses how to meet these two different needs with a single document, and why it should be a single document. It explains the power of narrative for communicating complex information and maps the common elements of a story to the…    
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Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/9/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.418
Language: English

Ben Rinzler is a seasoned technical writer, manager, and requirements analyst. He has worked for over twenty years at leading technology and financial services firms, including Apple, Macromedia (now Adobe), and Morgan Stanley. He has taught his requirements approach to writers, analysts, managers, and developers in the U.S. and abroad.

Introduction
Telling Stories
Why Stories?
Drawing Pictures
Explaining Processes and Finding Requirements
Planning the Story
Creating the Body of the Document
And Finally, the Beginning
Reviewing, Reusing, and Maintenance
Appendix
Software Requirements Document Template