Businesses now operate in a global, rapidly changing environment. They have to respond to new opportunities and markets, changing economic conditions and the emergence of competing products and services. Software is part of almost all business operations, so new software has to be developed quickly to take advantage of new opportunities and to respond to competitive pressure. Rapid software development and delivery is therefore the most critical requirement for most business systems. In fact, businesses may be willing to trade off software quality and compromise on requirements if they can deploy essential new software quickly.
Because these businesses are operating in a changing environment, it is practically impossible to derive a complete ...
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