Variability | Glossary

 

Definition

Variability is as aspect that is often bound towards reduction by System Developers. The focus is put on eliminating Variability at the ideal moment so that it doesn’t perpetuate a risk-avoidance culture beforehand. The goal is to satisfy their current customer base, without worrying about what the best practices are to handle said variations of requirements in the particular system. Scaling an Agile method up to adopting the practices of Variability Management is a challenging process.

 

Further Reading

  • “Determination of Optimal Batch Size for a Manufacturing System”(book), by Ruhul Sarker and Charles Newton.

 

Book Series

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams | Book Series

Overview:

A lot of books written on Computing has a profound effect on software development same as Peopleware. ‘Peopleware Productive Projects and Team’ is the third edition of the first version and has been a long time best-seller in the category of software development. The book says that “the major issues in software development are human-made errors, not technical. Through this book, readers will understand the issues and earn the confidence to resolve them and maximize their opportunities to deliver an error-free product.

Authors:

Tom DeMarco

Timothy Lister

Published In:

2013