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Development Requirements Road Map: It's the Planning That Counts

Overview Shorten timelines, lower implementation costs, improve deliverable quality, and foster best practices by creating a logical road map that provides a framework for development project decision making. Advances in technology and software development have yielded powerful productivity tools intended to help shape a better future. However, without a well-planned blueprint to define the scope and business rules, prospects for a successful project are dim. After all, even the most ingenious and elegant code will be abandoned if it fails to deliver on key business goals in a timely and cost-effective manner. Indeed, even successful projects eventually hit their sunset as improvements become viable.

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IBM
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PDF
Date Published
Jun 12, 2008
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White Papers
Topics
Application Development, Software Engineering

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