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Contents of the Book

By Victor M. Font Jr.
June 2, 2010Leave a Comment

There has been so much interest in what is written in “Principles for Maturing Your System Development Life Cycle: The Ultimate Guide to the SDLC” that I’ve decided to publish this descriptive table of contents. I hope it satisfies your curiosity, but if you have any further questions, please feel free to send me an email.

•    Forward
•    Chapter 1—Introduction
     o Rationale and purpose of the SDLC
     o Organizational change management and its impact on the successful implementation and adoption of the SDLC
     o IT Governance and how the SDLC’s processes help decide IT Investment opportunities
     o Project Management method and its synergies with the SDLC
     o Compares the project management triangle (i.e., scope, time and cost) to my invention of the SDLC triangle (i.e., quality, consistency and product delivery)
     o Compares the five basic process groups of project management to the five basic process groups of the SDLC
     o Ties it all together by presenting my third invention, my theory on the three-legged stool of IT business value: IT Governance, Project Management and the SDLC
•    Chapter 2—System Development Models
     o Discussion of team empowerment
     o Historical look at the evolution of twelve traditional waterfall, agile and hybrid development models to examine shared commonalities and best practices
     o Waterfall, Modified Waterfall, the Spiral Model, V-Model and Dual V-Model
     o RAD, Scrum, Crystal, Extreme Programming and Dynamic System Development Model
     o Incremental Commitment Model and Lean Philosophy
     o Best practice comparison charts
•    Chapter 3—Requirements Maturity, IT Governance & Planning
     o Poor requirements and project failures
     o Importance of business analysis training
     o IT Governance
          Structure
          Work intake and the requirements process
     o Requirements Process
     o Importance of Requirements Maturity
     o Requirements Planning
•    Chapter 4—Requirements Elicitation
     o Requirements Elicitation Activities and Techniques
          Brainstorming
          Focus Group
          Interview
          Observation
          Prototyping
          Modeling standards: UML and BPMN; Emerging standard: SOMF
          Requirements Workshop
               Managing Scope Creep
          Survey
•    Chapter 5—Requirements Documentation & Quality
     o Requirements Documentation
     o Business Requirements Definition
     o Good Requirements Quality Checklist
•    Chapter 6—Requirements Analysis, Inspection & Tracing
     o Document Analysis
     o Interface Analysis
     o System Requirements Specification
     o Quality Assurance Inspection Stage Gate
     o Baselining Requirements Artifacts
     o Traceability Matrix
     o Requirements Phase Artifacts
•    Chapter 7—Design & Development
     o System Design Specification
     o System Analysis Methods:
     o Business Process Analysis & Design
     o Object-oriented Analysis & Design
     o Service-oriented Analysis & Design
     o Structured Analysis & Design
     o Data Modeling
     o Design Quality Review Stage Gate
     o Development Cycles
          Kick-off Meeting
          Daily Stand up
          Test-Driven or Test First Development
          The Development Cycle
     o Development & Coding Standards
•    Chapter 8—Pre-Implementation Activities & Artifacts
     o Implementation Plan
     o Detailed Test Plan
     o Training Artifacts
     o Operational Turnover Artifacts
     o Service Level Agreements
     o Change Request
     o Design & Development Phase Artifacts
•    Chapter 9—Quality Assurance & Implementation
     o Quality Assurance vs. Quality Control
     o Quality Models and Standards
     o Defect Classification
          Simple Classification System
          Orthogonal Defect Classification
     o The SDLC Test Battery
     o Verification Readiness Review
     o Release Management
     o Configuration Management
     o Subcontractor Management
     o Multi-Cultural Training
     o Implementation Readiness Review
     o Deployment
     o Operational Readiness Review
•    Chapter 10—Continuous Improvement
     o Embedding Continuous Improvement into and organization
     o Business Transformation Governance
     o W. Edwards Deming on Business Transformation
     o Capability Maturity Model Integration
     o Kaizen
     o Theory of Constraints
          Microsoft TOC Case Study
     o Kanban
          Corbis Kanban Case Study
     o Scrum-ban
     o Statistical Analysis Variants
          Six Sigma
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          Theory of Constraints Lean Six Sigma
     o IT Performance Measurement
     o SDLC Metrics
          Lifecycle Framework Metrics
               Cost of Quality
               Defects
               Effort
               Requirements
               Size Variance
          Value Chain Metrics
               Knowledge Transfer
               Quality of Service
               Steady State
          Quality Assurance Metrics
•    Chapter 11—Handy Desk Reference
     o The Principles
     o Twenty-four of the most important diagrams and tables
     o Good Requirements Quality Checklist

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About Victor M. Font Jr.

Victor M. Font Jr. is an award winning author, entrepreneur, and Senior IT Executive. A Founding Board Member of the North Carolina Executive Roundtable, he has served on the Board of Advisors, of the North Carolina Technology Association, the International Institute of Business Analysis, Association of Information Technology Professionals, Toastmasters International, and the North Carolina Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services. He is author of several books including The Ultimate Guide to the SDLC and Winning With WordPress Basics, and Cybersecurity.

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