Bøger af Scott MacKay

Industrial Engineering is an exciting field that sometimes seems to be hidden in the background. The goal of writing this book was to give the reader enough information to assess if it might be the right career for them. This book is intended to give the reader a look at some of the many facets of the industrial engineering field. It is deliberately short, gives a glimpse of the day-to-day activities that might be encountered, and includes some personal stories to illustrate the details involved. The intention is to be educational without being tutorial while providing a somewhat comprehensive overview to help the reader decide if industrial engineering might be the right career for them.

Most Business Analysts are familiar Use Cases. There are plenty of books about them. Use Cases came into the mainstream for software development in the late 90s and have evolved over time. Some people prefer User Stories, as they are called in agile methodologies. This book will argue that they are essentially the same, it's just what you put into them that might be different. More importantly, I wrote this book to share my insights of the when to write use cases, how to write them lean, and why bother with them at all. This book is focused on use cases and touches on the peripheral competencies that are needed elicit and develop good requirements. A use case writer should also have strong skills in requirements analysis, requirements traceability, and visual modeling. Also, this book follows a philosophy of being a minimalist and keeping to only what adds value to the process. A general knowledge of lean principles is recommended to aide in understanding why some things are important and some are not. There are several good books on the subject.