Part II. On the Management View of Requirements

Project managers are vital stakeholders in the requirements process. Senior managers also are affected by requirements issues for the projects their organizations undertake. The three chapters in Part II provide some perspectives on requirements that will be of particular interest to managers at various levels.

Chapter 3, addresses the question of what return on investment managers can expect if their organizations get serious about improving the way they approach requirements. Chapter 4 and Chapter 5, deal with the ever-thorny issue of estimation. Chapter 4 discusses some of the factors that indicate whether a project team should expect to spend more or less time than average developing its requirements. ...

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