{"id":370,"date":"2024-04-08T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T09:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/?p=370"},"modified":"2024-07-05T13:56:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T12:56:06","slug":"better-software-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/2024\/04\/08\/better-software-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Software Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Better-Software-Requirements-tile-1024x546.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-557\" srcset=\"http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Better-Software-Requirements-tile-1024x546.png 1024w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Better-Software-Requirements-tile-300x160.png 300w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Better-Software-Requirements-tile-768x409.png 768w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Better-Software-Requirements-tile-1536x819.png 1536w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Better-Software-Requirements-tile-2048x1091.png 2048w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Better-Software-Requirements-tile-1200x639.png 1200w, http:\/\/localhost:8082\/wp-content\/uploads\/Better-Software-Requirements-tile-600x320.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bettersoftwarerequirements.com\/\">Better Software Requirements<\/a>: A handbook for software development teams and their managers, was released this week after being in draft for nearly 12 months. A Kindle version should follow in due course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When software development works best, why software development fails, what a failing project looks like, and what developers actually need are covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s waterfall and agile agnostic (mostly), free to access, advert-free and with no implied sales hooks \u2013 just good advice written from the perspective of the individual software developer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My aim is for development teams, and their managers, to <em><strong>read and adopt the handbook<\/strong><\/em>. For each team that does, I will be happy to respond to any questions and feedback received from the trenches, including making rolling updates to the handbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a few tasty quotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Many developers don\u2019t speak to users or collaborate with the business, instead they take direction from email threads and poorly written tickets.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The distance between the end user and software developer is the biggest indicator of whether your software product will delight users, or be a poor proxy of misunderstood needs.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Developers not sitting with actual users break the close collaboration that avoids software requirements and software specifications in the first place.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Someone needs to tell the developers what to do, otherwise certain chaos ensues.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>What developers cannot do, however, is make decisions on behalf of a business that doesn\u2019t know what it wants.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201cHave you got the requirements yet?\u201d is a well-intended but misguided question anxious stakeholders.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Some organisations don\u2019t want agile. They say they do, but shop floor behaviour indicates otherwise.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better Software Requirements: A handbook for software development teams and their managers, was released this week after being in draft for nearly 12 months. A Kindle version should follow in due course. When software development works best, why software development fails, what a failing project looks like, and what developers actually need are covered. 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