Book Reviews on
Requirements, Systems, Software,
and Related Subjects

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To Top Books on Requirements

Author Title Date Mainly For
Alexander & Beus-Dukic Discovering Requirements2009Industry
Alexander & Stevens Writing Better Requirements 2002 Industry
Ian Bray Introduction to Requirements Engineering 2003 Students
Cutter IT Cutter IT Journal on Requirements Engineering 2001 Industry
Ferdinandi A Requirements Pattern 2002 Industry
Ellen Gottesdiener Software Requirements Memory Jogger 2005 Industry
Robin Goldsmith Discovering Real Business Requirements 2004 Industry
Anna Hart Knowledge Acquisition 1989 Industry
Hull, Jackson & Dick Requirements Engineering 2002 Industry
Michael Jackson Software Requirements & Specifications 1995 Ideas
Michael Jackson Problem Frames 2001 Research
Alison Kidd Knowledge Acquisition 1989 Industry
Kotonya & Sommerville Requirements Engineering Processes and Techniques 1998 Students
Ben Kovitz Practical Software Requirements 1999 Industry
Søren Lauesen Software Requirements 1999 Industry
Leffingwell & Widrig Managing Software Requirements 2000Industry
The Robertsons Mastering Requirements Process 1999 Industry
Chris Rupp Requirements-Engineering und Management (in German)2006 Industry
Sommerville & Sawyer Requirements Engineering: A good practice guide 1997 Industry
Alistair Sutcliffe User-Centred Requirements Engineering 2002 Research
Thayer & Dorfman Software Requirements Engineering 1997 Students
Gerry Weinberg Exploring Requirements 1989 Industry
Karl Wiegers Software Requirements 1999 Industry
Roel Wieringa Requirements Engineering Frameworks for Understanding 1996 Research
Bill Wiley Essential System Requirements 1999 Industry

To Top Books on Product Management

Author Title Date Mainly For
Alan Davis Just Enough Requirements Management 2005 Industry
Linda GorchelsProduct Management 1995 Industry
Ivy HooksCustomer-Centered Products 2000 Industry

To Top Books on Management by Requirements

Author Title Date Mainly For
The Robertsons Requirements-Led Project Management 2004 Industry
Chris Rupp Requirements-Engineering und Management 2004 Industry
Paul Solomon & Ralph Young Performance-Based Earned Value2007Industry
Ralph Young Effective Requirements Practices 2001 Industry
Ralph Young Requirements Engineering Handbook 2004 Industry
Ralph Young Project Requirements: A guide to best practices 2006 Industry

To Top Books on Scenarios, Stories, & Use Cases

Author Title Date Mainly For
Alexander & MaidenScenarios, Stories, Use Cases 2004Industry
John Carroll Scenario-Based Design 1995Industry
Alistair Cockburn Writing Effective Use Cases 2001Industry
Mike Cohn User Stories Applied 2004Industry
David Harel Come, Let's Play: Scenarios 2003Research
Ivar Jacobson Object-oriented Software Engineering1992Industry
Kulak & Guiney Use Cases: Requirements in Action2000Industry
McGraw & Harbison User-Centered Requirements 1997Industry
Roger Schank Tell Me A Story 1990Ideas

To Top Books on Participative Development

Author Title Date Mainly For
Beyer & HoltzblattContextual Design 1998 Industry
David Bohm On Dialogue 1996 Ideas
Peter Checkland Soft Systems Methodology 1990 Ideas
Peter ChecklandSystems Thinking, Systems Practice1981 Ideas
Alistair Cockburn Agile Software Development 2002Industry
Uwe Flick Qualitative Research 1998 Research
Ellen GottesdienerRequirements by Collaboration 2002 Industry
Ian Graham RE and Rapid Development 1998 Industry
John Heron Co-operative Inquiry 1996 Ideas
Peter Reason Handbook of Action Research 2001 Research
Donald Schön Reflective Practitioner 1983 Ideas

To Top Books on Agile Methods

Author Title Date Mainly For
Kent BeckExtreme Programming 1999 Industry
Alistair Cockburn Agile Software Development 2002Industry
Mike CohnUser Stories Applied 2004 Industry

To Top Books on Systems Engineering

Author Title DateMainly For
Stephen BungayThe Most Dangerous Enemy 2000Ideas, Fun
Henry Dreyfuss Designing for People 1955 Industry
Jon Holt UML for Systems Engineering 2001 Industry
Kirschner, Shum & CarrVisualizing Argumentation 2003 Industry
Lavi & Kudish Systems Modeling & Requirements Specification using ECSAM 2005 Industry
Maier & Rechtin Art of Systems Architecting 2000 Industry
Enid Mumford Ethical Systems Design 1996 Students
Andrea Prencipe et alBusiness of Systems Integration 2003 Research
Eberhardt Rechtin Systems Architecting 1990 Industry
Herbert Simon Sciences of the Artificial 1996 Ideas
Richard Stevens et alSystems Engineering 1998 Industry

To Top Books on Software Engineering

Author Title DateMainly For
Kent Beck Extreme Programming 1999 Industry
Carol Britton et al Object-Oriented Systems Development 2000 Students
Alistair Cockburn Agile Software Development 2002Industry
Sue Conger New Software Engineering 1993 Students
Edsger Dijkstra Structured Programming 1972 Ideas
Alan Davis 201 Principles of Software Development1995 Industry
Wolfgang Emmerich Engineering Distributed Objects 2000 Industry
Eric Evans Domain-Driven Design 2003 Industry
Donald Firesmith OPEN Process Framework 2002 Industry
Martin Fowler UML Distilled 2000 Industry
Tom Gilb Competitive Engineering 2005 Industry
David Harel & Yishai FeldmanAlgorithmics 2004 Ideas
Philippe Kruchten Rational Unified Process 1999 Industry
Leszek Maciaszek Requirements Analysis & System Design2004 Students
Steve MaguireDebugging the Software Development Process1994 Industry
Carlo Mazza et al Software Engineering Standards 1994 Industry
Eugene McGuire Software Process Improvement 1999 Industry
Dan Pilone UML Pocket Reference 2003 Industry
Raggett, Lam, Alexander & KmiecHTML 4 1998 Industry
Rumbaugh, Jacobson, BoochUML Reference Manual 2004 Industry
Ian Sommerville Software Engineering 2001 Students

To Top Books on Analysis & Specification

Author Title DateMainly For
Frappier & Habrias Software Specification Methods 2001 Research
David Hay Requirements Analysis 2002 Industry
Haim Kilov Business Specifications 1998 Industry
Lavi & KudishSystems Modeling & Requirements Specification using ECSAM 2005 Industry
Leszek MaciaszekRequirements Analysis & System Design2004 Students
Kilov, Rumpe, SimmondsBehavioral Specifications 1999 Research
Kilov & Baclawski Business System Specifications 2003 Research

To Top Books on History & Philosophy of Science & Engineering

Author Title DateMainly For
Paul Feyerabend Against Method 1975 Ideas
Thomas Kuhn Structure of Scientific Revolutions 1962 Ideas
Michael Polanyi Tacit Dimension 1966 Ideas
Karl Popper Logic of Scientific Discovery 1959 Ideas
Stephen Toulmin The Uses of Argument 1958 Ideas
Walter Vincenti What Engineers Know and How They Know It1990 Ideas
Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations 1953 Ideas

To Top Books on Human Factors, Human-Machine Interface, etc

Author Title DateMainly For
John CarrollMaking Use 2000 Ideas
Andy CrabtreeDesigning Collaborative Systems2003 Ideas
Alan Dix et alHuman Computer Interaction 2003 Industry
Mike KuniavskyObserving the User Experience 2003 Industry
Søren LauesenUser Interface Design 2004 Industry
McGraw & Harbison User-Centered Requirements 1997 Industry
Sandom & HarveyHuman Factors for Engineers 2004 Industry
Shneiderman & PlaisantDesigning the User Interface 2003 Industry
Bernd Carsten StahlIssues & Trends in Technology & Human Interaction2006 Ideas
Alistair Sutcliffe User-Centred Requirements Engineering 2002 Research
Harold ThimblebyUser Interface Design 1990 Industry

To Top Books on Business

Author Title DateMainly For
Meredith Belbin Team Roles at Work 1996 Industry
Fred Brooks Mythical Man-Month 1975 Industry
DeMarco et al Adrenaline Junkies Template Zombies2008 Industry
DeMarco & Lister Waltzing with Bears (Managing Risk)2003 Industry
James Dewar Assumption-Based Planning 2002 Industry
Haim Kilov Value of Business Models 2002 Industry
Rick Levine et al Cluetrain Manifesto 2000 Industry
Paul Levinson Soft Edge 1997 Students
Lewis vs BT Communicating Effectively 1997 Ideas
Ronald Maier Knowledge Management Systems 2001 Research
Nonaka & Teece Managing Industrial Knowledge 2001 Research
Michael SchrageSerious Play1999 Industry
John M Smith Troubled IT Projects 2001 Industry
Gerald Weinberg Secrets of Consulting 1989 Industry

To Top Books on Mathematics, Statistics

Author Title DateMainly For
Calvin Dytham Choosing and Using Statistics 2003 Research
Jan Gullberg Mathematics from Birth of Numbers2004 Ideas
Katrina Maxwell Statistics for Software Managers 2002 Industry
Gyorgy Polya How to Solve It 1945 Ideas
Råde & WestergrenMathematics Handbook 2004 Industry

To Top Books on Related Subjects

Author Title DateMainly For
Chris Alexander Notes on the Synthesis of Form 1964 Ideas
Sven Birkerts Gutenberg Elegies 1994 Ideas
Marshall McLuhan The Medium is the Massage 1967 Ideas
Edward Tufte Visual Explanations 1997 Ideas
Edward Tufte Envisioning Information 1990 Ideas
Edward Tufte Visual Display of Quantitative Information2001 Ideas
Gerald Weinberg Weinberg on Writing 2006 Industry

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