Ready
Ready
Why Most Software Projects Fail and How to Fix It
About the Book
Ready is a book for anyone involved in software development who are tired of underdelivery, chronic rework, and unclear requirements.
You may already have tried investing in team execution skills, improved implementation of your process framework, or refurbishing the code and still need more improvement.
This is because the principal constraint for most software development teams is not team skills, it's requirements maturity. Even mature teams with the right skills still struggle when they are working to immature requirements.
Ready introduces RMF (Requirements Maturation Flow), a practical and deeply structured approach to aligning Product and Engineering without replacing your existing process.
Whether you're using Scrum, Kanban, or something custom, RMF helps you stabilize scope, eliminate carryover, and deliver what actually matters.
If your teams feel stuck at the edge of "almost done", this book will show you how to break the cycle and unblock your team(s) for good.
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Table of Contents
- About This Book
- Who This Is For
- How to Use This Book
- About the Authors
- Preface
- Chapter 1:The Hidden Problem
- Chapter 2:The Cost of Missing Foundations
- Chapter 3:Introducing Requirements Maturation Flow (RMF)
- Chapter 4:Is It Agile?
- Chapter 5:The First Extension
- Chapter 6:Why Don’t People Do This?
- Chapter 7:Explicit Readiness Work (RMF 1)
- Chapter 8:Effects of RMF 1
- Chapter 9:Putting RMF 1 Into Practice
- Chapter 10:The Next Need
- Chapter 11:What People Usually Do
- Chapter 12:Defining a Definition of Done
- Chapter 13:Bespoke Definition of Done (RMF 2)
- Chapter 14:Life With RMF 1 & 2
- Chapter 15:Installing RMF 2
- Chapter 16:The Final Requirement
- Chapter 17:Background on Definition of Ready
- Chapter 18:Defining a Definition of Ready
- Chapter 19:Bespoke Definition of Ready (RMF 3)
- Chapter 20:Most Deadlines Don’t Matter
- Chapter 21:Competency 1: Requirements Maturation Flow
- Chapter 22:How Work and Information Flows in Scrum with RMF
- Chapter 23:The Impact of RMF
- Chapter 24:Transitioning to RMF
- Chapter 25:It’s Up to You
- Appendix A: Scrum Is Not the Problem
- Appendix B: The Synapse Framework™
- Appendix C: Common Objections and Obstacles to RMF 1
- Appendix D: DoD Starter Criteria Lists
- Appendix E: DoR Starter Criteria Lists
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