Chapter 1. About Planning Smarter
This book is about software planning in general and about the requirements specification process in particular. The emphasis of the book is on planning smarter,[1] rather than planning more. Good planning is a prerequisite to an effective (profitable) software development effort. While good planning may sound simple, it is not easy to do and it is not often done well.
[1] Yes, I know the phrases planning smarter and coding smarter are not grammatically correct. Maybe that's part of what I love about them!
The first rule of good planning is to establish a common vocabulary. In keeping with that practice, it is important to start out by defining the key terms and the actors to whom we will refer in this book.
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