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Zielczynski, Peter.
 Requirements management using IBM Rational RequisitePro / Peter Zielczynski.
   p. cm.
 Includes index.
 ISBN 0-321-38300-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Computer software—Development. 2. IBM
software. I. Title.
 QA76.76.D47Z54 2007
 005.3—dc22
                                                      2007037390

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Dedication

To my parents, Helena and Mietek, who taught me how to achieve goals, and to my lovely wife, Dorota, and our daughter, Julia—the sunshine for all of us.