Foreword

Every software development team follows some sort of process, whether intentionally or not. In small teams of one, two, or just a handful of developers, that process is typically lightweight. Very few if any documents are produced, analysis and design does take place but is often informal and transitory, and the project’s source code serves as the center of gravity around which all other activities of the project orbit.

In large teams of dozens or even hundreds of developers, typically spread across buildings or flung around the globe, that process is much more prescribed. Many more formal and officially reviewed documents are produced; analysis and design involves the collaboration of a number of nondeveloper stakeholders and is made ...

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