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Knowledge Driven Development

Knowledge Driven Development

Knowledge Driven Development

Bridging Waterfall and Agile Methodologies
Manoj Kumar Lal, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
March 2018
Hardback
9781108475211

    This book presents a new methodology, known as Knowledge Driven Development, for managing project knowledge in an exhaustive and structured manner. The text highlights the importance of efficient project delivery methodology in the overall software development life cycle. Important topics such as requirement analysis, solution design, application design, and test design are discussed in depth. It establishes a connection between enterprise knowledge and project knowledge for continuous improvement and accelerated project delivery. Separate chapters on end-to-end project delivery, compliance and protocols and interface with existing methodologies makes it useful for the readers. Several case studies and examples are interspersed throughout the text for better understanding.

    • Introduces new methodology for faster IT project delivery
    • Proposes a bridge between waterfall and agile methodologies for enhanced software development
    • Includes plenty of case studies and examples for better understanding of concepts

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    'This book introduces a new software development methodology - Knowledge Driven Development (KDD) based on digitisation of the project knowledge … Via 17 chapters of the book, the author has provided the full conceptual details of KDD and GKMF [Generic Knowledge Management Framework] to be assessed by interested readers in industry and academia. This book adds to the existing literature on software engineering and knowledge management.' IEEE India Council Newsletter

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    Product details

    March 2018
    Hardback
    9781108475211
    322 pages
    235 × 158 × 24 mm
    0.52kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Figures
    • Tables
    • Foreword
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgement
    • Overview of the book
    • 1. Knowledge Driven Development
    • 2. Project delivery and supporting methodologies
    • 3. Project delivery pain areas and the way forward
    • 4. Project knowledge model – context and definition
    • 5. Project knowledge model – a differentiator
    • 6. Project knowledge model vs project documents
    • 7. Extending project knowledge model to cover end-to-end project delivery by KDD
    • 8. Extended KDD – pre-requirement and post delivery
    • 9. KDD compliance with standards of project delivery
    • 10. Enabling DevOps
    • 11. Addressing contemporary concerns of project delivery
    • 12. Helping existing methodologies
    • 13. Technology enablers – tools and automation
    • 14. Suits factory model – needs cultural change
    • 15. Global relevance of KDD – assisting skill development
    • 16. Lean KDD – elimination of requirement and test design
    • 17. Conclusion
    • Appendix A
    • Appendix B
    • Appendix C
    • Appendix D
    • Glossary
    • References.