26. The Payroll Case Study: Iteration 1

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Everything which is in any way beautiful is beautiful in itself, and terminates in itself, not having praise as part of itself.

—Marcus Aurelius, circa A.D. 170

The following case study describes the first iteration in the development of a simple batch payroll system. You will find the user stories in this case study to be simplistic. For example, taxes are simply not mentioned. This is typical of an early iteration. It will provide only a very small part of the business value the customers need.

In this chapter, we do the kind of quick analysis and design session that often takes ...

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