Point/Counterpoint

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March/April 2007 (vol. 24 no. 2) pp. 62-65

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	@article{ 10.1109/MS.2007.50, author = {Ian Alexander and Kent Beck}, title = {Point/Counterpoint}, journal ={IEEE Software}, volume = {24}, number = {2}, issn = {0740-7459}, year = {2007}, pages = {62-65}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2007.50}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Software TI - Point/Counterpoint IS - 2 SN - 0740-7459 SP62 EP65 EPD - 62-65 A1 - Ian Alexander, A1 - Kent Beck, PY - 2007 KW - requirements engineering KW - software development KW - agile methods VL - 24 JA - IEEE Software ER -

Ian Alexander

Kent Beck

" BUILDING WHAT STAKEHOLDERS DESIRE," by Ian Alexander [POINT]. Although nobody wants to build what stakeholders don't desire, building what they do desire raises fundamental questions about how to determine what that is." DON'T JUST DWTTY," by Kent Beck [COUNTERPOINT]. There's more to delivering good software than doing what the customer tells you. This debate is part of a special issue on stakeholders in requirements engineering.

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requirements engineering, software development, agile methods

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Ian Alexander, Kent Beck, "Point/Counterpoint," IEEE Software, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 62-65, Mar./Apr. 2007, doi:10.1109/MS.2007.50

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