July 1996
Intermediate to advanced
680 pages
19h 53m
English
Depending on the stakeholders' win conditions, Theory-W can provide broad advantages that are more far-reaching than schedule efficiency. It can provide improved usability, maintainability, customer satisfaction, and team morale.
Theory-W also provides an excellent basis for tailoring out-of-the-box software methodologies to a specific project. Many methodologies deal less with the "why" than with the "what." In Theory-W, the "why" is the need to create wins for all stakeholders. When you document the stakeholders' specific win conditions in the project plan, you have a permanent record of the "why." That provides valuable information for when you go to tailor future methodologies to specific circumstances. It ...
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