Rapid Development - Taming Wild Software Schedules

Case Studies

Reference Tables

Preface

Part 1. Efficient Development
Welcome to Rapid Development
What is Rapid Development?
Attaining Rapid Development
Rapid-Development Strategy
General Strategy for Rapid Development
Four Dimensions of Development Speed
General Kinds of Fast Development
Which Dimension Matters the Most? An Alternative Rapid-Development Strategy
Further Reading
Classic Mistakes
Case Study in Classic Mistakes
Effect of Mistakes on a Development Schedule
Classic Mistakes Enumerated
Escape from Gilligan's Island Further Reading
Software-Development Fundamentals
Management Fundamentals Technical Fundamentals
Quality-Assurance Fundamentals
Following the Instructions Further General Reading
Risk Management
Elements of Risk Management
Risk Identification Risk Analysis
Risk Prioritization
Risk Control Risk, High Risk, and Gambling
Further Reading

Part 2. Rapid Development
Core Issues in Rapid Development
Does One Size Fit All?
What Kind of Rapid Development Do You Need?
Odds of Completing on Time Perception and Reality
Where the Time Goes
Development-Speed Trade-Offs Typical Schedule-Improvement Pattern
Onward to Rapid Development Further Reading
Lifecycle Planning Pure Waterfall
Code-and-Fix Spiral
Modified Waterfalls Evolutionary Prototyping
Staged Delivery
Design-to-Schedule
Evolutionary Delivery
Design-to-Tools
Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software
Choosing the Most Rapid Lifecycle for Your Project
Further Reading
Estimation The Software-Estimation Story
Estimation-Process Overview
Size Estimation
Effort Estimation
Schedule Estimation
Ballpark Schedule Estimates
Estimate Refinement
Further Reading
Scheduling Overly Optimistic Scheduling
Beating Schedule Pressure
Further Reading
Customer-Oriented Development
Customers' Importance to Rapid Development
Customer-Oriented Practices
Managing Customer Expectations Further Reading
Motivation
Typical Developer Motivations
Using the Top Five Motivation Factors
Using Other Motivation Factors
Morale Killers Further Reading
Teamwork Software Uses of Teamwork
Teamwork's Importance to Rapid Development
Creating a High-Performance Team Why Teams Fail
Long-Term Teambuilding Summary of Teamwork Guidelines
Further Reading
Team Structure
Team-Structure Considerations
Team Models
Managers and Technical Leads Further Reading
Feature-Set Control Early Project: Feature-Set Reduction
Mid-Project: Feature-Creep Control
Late Project: Feature Cuts Further Reading
Productivity Tools
Role of Productivity Tools in Rapid
Development Productivity-Tool Strategy
Productivity-Tool Acquisition
Productivity-Tool Use
Silver-Bullet Syndrome
Further Reading
Project Recovery General Recovery Options
Recovery Plan
Further Reading

Part 3. Best Practices
Introduction to Best Practices
Organization of Best-Practice Chapters
Summary of Best-Practice Candidates Summary of Best-Practice Evaluations
Change Board
Daily Build and Smoke Test
Designing for Change
Evolutionary Delivery
Evolutionary Prototyping
Goal Setting
Inspections
Joint Application Development (JAD)
Lifecycle Model Selection
Measurement
Miniature Milestones
Outsourcing
Principled Negotiation
Productivity Environments
Rapid-Development Languages (RDLs)
Requirements Scrubbing
Reuse
Signing Up
Spiral Lifecycle Model
Staged Delivery
Theory-W Management
Throwaway Prototyping
Timebox Development
Tools Group
Top-10 Risks List
User-Interface Prototyping
Voluntary Overtime
Bibliography

Index