Hemp: An agile approach to analysis and design - Paperback

by David E. Jones (Author)

HEMP is an agile approach to business analysis and system design for end users, project managers, business analysts, application designers, software architects, application developers, and quality assurance professionals. HEMP complements agile software development methodologies with an equally agile approach for gathering and documenting business requirements and producing system designs to drive application development that will meet the needs of end-user organizations. The practices and artifacts in HEMP are applicable for building new systems as well as customizing existing ones. HEMP is agnostic to programming languages and application frameworks so can be applied regardless of technology preference. This book includes case studies and numerous examples to help you understand the context of recommendations and how to apply them.

Author Biography

David E. Jones is an enterprise software management consultant with over a decade of experience in enterprise software architecture and project leadership. David started the Apache OFBiz open source ERP and ecommerce project in 2001 and more recently the Moqui Framework and Mantle Business Artifacts open source projects in 2010. David has consulted on over one hundred ERP and ecommerce implementation projects based on these open source packages for mostly medium-sized corporations, but also large corporations such as British Telecom and United Airlines. David has served as a Vice President of the Apache Software Foundation and CTO of a consulting organization with 80 employees. David lives in a motorhome and has been a nomad for many years. David travels around the world for consulting engagements and spends most of his time in the western United States, heading south for winter and to the north or mountains for summer. David enjoys adventure motorcycle touring and shorter rides with his son who is currently outgrowing his first motorcycle.