1.2. Executive Summary
We have talked about how this book is structured, but many readers like to start with a high-level preview of the key concepts that will be presented.
The underlying premise of this book is that most software projects, even if judged successful, could have proceeded far more efficiently (and more profitably) than they did. The primary reasons for this inefficiency are the following:
Lack of a specialized and systematic plan for the project planning process itself
Lack of an internal customer orientation in producing project planning deliverables
Overcomplication of the planning process and its deliverables
Ineffective and inefficient requirements elicitation, communication, and documentation
The following are the general strategies ...
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