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  • Prefacexiii
    • Acknowledgementsxiv
  • Introduction1
    • Organizational Change Management and the SDLC10
    • IT Governance and the SDLC19
    • The Project Management Method and the SDLC22
    • Tying It All Together26
    • What to Expect28
  • System Development Models29
    • Waterfall Model31
    • The Spiral Model39
    • The V-Model43
    • German V-Modell 97 and V-Modell XT43
      • US Vee Model45
      • The Dual Vee-Model49
    • Incremental Commitment Model51
    • Adaptive Software Development55
      • The Agile Manifesto56
    • Rapid Application Development58
    • Scrum60
    • The Crystal Family65
    • Extreme Programming69
    • Dynamic Systems Development Model72
    • Lean Development76
    • Understanding It All80
  • Requirements Maturity, IT Governance & Planning85
    • IT Governance and the Requirements Process91
      • Work Intake94
    • Requirements Maturity99
    • Requirements Planning104
      • RACI Charts106
      • Communications Plan108
  • Requirements Elicitation111
    • Brainstorming112
    • Focus Group117
    • Interview120
    • Observation123
    • Prototyping126
      • Modeling Standards127
      • Prototype Types130
    • Requirements Workshop134
      • Managing Scope Creep144
    • Survey146
  • Requirements Documentation & Quality150
    • Best Practice Business Requirements Definition154
    • Non-Functional Requirements162
    • Process Definitions164
    • Good Requirements Quality Checklist169
  • Requirements Analysis, Inspection & Tracing175
    • Document Analysis180
    • Interface Analysis181
    • Requirements Elaboration183
    • Requirements Prioritization188
    • System Requirements Specification192
    • Test Strategy196
    • Requirements Inspection197
    • Requirements Baselining199
    • Tracing Requirements200
    • IT Governance Next Steps203
    • Requirements Artifacts203
    • SDLC Requirements Phase Activity Diagram205
  • Design & Development206
    • Business Process Analysis & Design208
    • Object-oriented Analysis & Design209
    • Service-Oriented Analysis & Design211
    • Structured Analysis & Design214
    • Data Modeling218
    • Design Quality Review Stage Gate222
    • Development Cycles223
      • Iteration Kick-off Meeting224
      • Daily Stand-up Meeting227
    • Test-Driven or Test-First Development228
    • The Development Cycle232
    • Development and Coding Standards237
  • Pre-Implementation Activities and Artifacts239
    • Implementation Plan239
    • Detailed Test Plan243
      • Functional Testing246
      • Non-Functional Testing247
    • Training Artifacts249
      • Assessing End User Needs250
      • Setting Training Goals250
      • Determine the Training Delivery Methods250
      • Develop the Training Materials252
      • Scale the Program254
      • Tailor the Training Program254
    • Operational Turnover Artifacts254
    • Service Level Agreements258
    • Change Request258
    • Design & Development Phase Activity Diagram264
  • Quality Assurance & Implementation265
    • What is Quality?266
    • How Does the SDLC Help Manage Quality?266
    • Who Owns Quality?267
    • What are the Differences between Quality Control and Quality Assurance?267
    • What are Three Common Misconceptions about Quality?268
    • Quality Models and Standards269
    • The Pareto Principle and Quality Assurance273
    • Defect Classification274
    • The SDLC Test Battery280
      • Acceptance Testing283
      • Quantified User Acceptance Testing284
      • Contract and Regulation Acceptance Testing285
      • Alpha and Beta Testing286
    • Additional Testing Best Practices288
      • Automated Testing upon Code Check-in288
      • Benchmarking289
      • Defect Discovery Incentives289
      • Memory Resource Failure Simulation289
      • Reduce the Number of Regression Test Cases289
    • Implementation & Maintenance290
    • Release Management290
    • Configuration Management292
      • Software Configuration Management294
      • System Hardware Configuration Management295
      • Configuration Management and Maintenance295
    • Subcontractor Management295
      • Outsourcing296
      • Multi-Cultural Training299
    • Implementation Readiness Review304
    • Submit the Change Request304
    • Train the Users304
    • Package the Release305
    • Perform the Deployment306
    • Operational Acceptance Testing306
    • Implementation Phase Activity Diagram307
  • Continuous Improvement308
    • Business Transformation Governance311
      • W. Edwards Deming on BT312
    • Capability Maturity Model Integration314
    • Kaizen317
    • Theory of Constraints319
      • The Thinking Processes320
      • Microsoft TOC Case Study322
    • Kanban323
      • Corbis Kanban Case Study326
      • Scrum-ban326
    • Statistical Analysis Variants326
      • Six Sigma327
      • Lean Six Sigma329
      • TOC Lean Six Sigma330
    • All the Rest331
      • Overall Equipment Effectiveness331
      • Root Cause Analysis and TRIZ332
    • IT Performance Measurement333
      • Performance Measurement Fundamentals334
    • SDLC Metrics335
      • Lifecycle Framework Metrics336
      • Defects336
      • Effort338
      • Requirements339
      • Schedule340
      • Value Chain Metrics341
      • Steady State342
      • Quality Assurance Metrics343
    • Conclusion344
  • Handy Desk Reference345

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