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J. P. CrosbyThe Business Manager's Guide to Software Projects https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9231-0_2

2. Planning and Scope

Jonathan Peter Crosby1  
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Baden, Switzerland
 

All projects require some degree of planning, depending on the size and complexity of the project. At its core, a project is about managing an abundance of small decisions and dependencies. This requires high-quality communication on all levels. And just as a physical model can help us visualize a new building, creating a working prototype is also useful in software development. This prototype gives users and stakeholders a good idea of how the product will look. Modern software methodologies ...

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