This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.“We need better approaches to understanding and managing software requirements, and Dean provides them in this book. He draws ideas from...

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Te>Two of the industry’s most experienced agile testing practitioners and consultants, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory, have teamed up to bring you the definitive answers to these...

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Please note - there is now a second edition of this book available, with the ISBN of 0321658396.“Jim Highsmith is one of a few modern writers who are helping us understand the new nature of work...

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Generative AI has made amazing advances in the last year, and customer service and support is one of the most important areas where this new technology can have an immediate impact. While...