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Agile Product Management with Scrum: Creating Products that Customers Love By: Roman Pichler Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 05-MAR-2010 Insert Date: 28-JUL-2009 | Overview: Agile Product Management with Scrum: Creating Products that Customers Love This book is the product owner’s
guide to creating successful products with Scrum, and the first
book solely devoted to agile product management. The book discusses
the role of the product owner in detail together with helpful
concepts and techniques including envisioning the product, stocking
and grooming the product backlog, planning and tracking the
project, working with the team on a day-to-day basis, and
transitioning into the new role. This practical guide enables the
reader to apply agile product management techniques effectively in
Scrum....
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Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum By: Mike Cohn Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 30-OCT-2009 Insert Date: 17-JUL-2009 | Overview: Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum Starting the transition to an agile
development process like Scrum is easy; succeeding with Scrum and
becoming a genuinely agile organization is harder. Not only does
Scrum introduce new ways of working, it requires new ways of
thinking about that work. Becoming agile is an arduous process
that, done right, necessitates a mindset shift not only for
individuals and their teams, but also throughout the broader
organization. Succeeding with Agile provides actionable insight to
help organizations overcome the challenges that can and will arise
in the wake of these changes.From leading agile...
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3. |  By: Joel Spolsky Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 01-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 28-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: More Joel on Software
Since the release of the bestselling title Joel on Software in 2004, requests for a sequel have been relentless. So, we went back to the famed JoelonSoftware.com archives and pulled out a new batch of favorites, many of which have been downloaded over one million times. With Joel's newest book, More Joel on Software, you'll get an even better (not to mention updated) feast of Joel's opinions and impressions on software development, software design, running a software business, and so much more.
This is a new selection of essays from the author's web site,...
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4. |  Software Engineering: Principles and Practice By: Hans van Vliet Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 30-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Software Engineering: Principles and Practice
Software Engineering: Principles and Practice challenges the reader to appreciate the issues, design trade-offs and teamwork required for successful software development. This new edition has been brought fully up to date, with complete coverage of all aspects of the software lifecycle and a strong focus on all the skills needed to carry out software projects on time and within budget. Highlights of the third edition include:
Fully updated chapters on requirements engineering and software architecture.
New chapters on component-based software engineering, service orientation and...
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5. |  Global Development and Delivery in Practice: Experiences of the IBM Rational India Lab By: Kamala Parvathanathan; Anindya Chakrabarti; Priti P Patil; Sreerupa Sen; Neeraj Sharma; Yessong B. Johng Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 30-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 03-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Global Development and Delivery in Practice: Experiences of the IBM Rational India Lab IBM Rational is the leading software development brand that
supports Global Development and Delivery (GDD) (also known as
Geographically or Globally Distributed Development). At Rational
Bangalore, we not only practice GDD ourselves, but we also help our
customers overcome their GDD challenges. This IBM Redbooks
publication presents our collective experiences with GDD: the
common problems, the tailoring of Rational tools to solve the
problems, and best practices and case studies.
This book is intended to help both new and experienced
practitioners of GDD by addressing the pain points of GDD...
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6. |  Automotive SPICE in Practice: Surviving Interpretation and Assessment By: Klaus Hoermann; Markus Mueller; Lars Dittmann; Joerg Zimmer Publisher: Rocky Nook Publication Date: 01-JUL-2008 Insert Date: 30-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Automotive SPICE in Practice: Surviving Interpretation and Assessment
Automotive SPICE is a framework for designing and assessing software development processes. If implemented effectively, it leads to better processes and better product quality. It also helps to improve the cooperation among complex supply chains and between globally distributed development and engineering centers.
Automotive SPICE has been derived from the ISO/IEC 15504 standard, also known as SPICE. It has been developed under the Automotive SPICE initiative by the consensus of several major car manufacturers such as Audi, BMW, Ford, Fiat, Daimler, Porsche, Volkswagen, and Volvo. Today,...
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7. |  Software Testing Foundations: A Study Guide for the Certified Tester Exam By: Andreas Spillner; Tilo Linz; Hans Schaefer Publisher: Rocky Nook Publication Date: 01-JAN-2007 Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Software Testing Foundations: A Study Guide for the Certified Tester Exam
Within the last 18 months more than 40,000 people worldwide have taken the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Foundations Level exam, 10,000 alone in the last 4 months. So, where can all these people go to learn what they need to know in order to pass the exam? Now they can go to Software Testing Foundations 2nd Edition, from Rocky Nook's new Computing division.
Professional testing of software has become an increasingly important task requiring a profound knowledge of testing techniques. The ISTQB has developed a universally accepted, international,...
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8. |  By: Andrew Stellman; Jennifer Greene Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 27-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 20-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Beautiful Teams
What's it like to work on a great software development team facing
an impossible problem? How do you build an effective team? Can a
group of people who don't get along still build good software? How
does a team leader keep everyone on track when the stakes are high
and the schedule is tight?
Beautiful Teams takes you behind the scenes with some of
the most interesting teams in software engineering history. You'll
learn from veteran team leaders' successes and failures, told
through a series of engaging personal stories -- and interviews --
by leading programmers, architects, project...
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9. |  CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration A Process Improvement Approach By: Ralf Kneuper Publisher: Rocky Nook Publication Date: 28-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: CMMI: Capability Maturity Model Integration A Process Improvement Approach
CMMI is a well-known and standardized model for assessing and improving software and systems development processes. It can be used to guide process improvement across a project, a division, or an entire organization. CMMI was developed at the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI). The current version, 1.2, was published in 2006 and is being adopted worldwide.
This book provides hands-on experience and will help the reader to gain an understanding of CMMI. It is an introduction to the model and its fundamental ideas. Through numerous examples, it helps the reader to get...
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10. |  By: Rex Black Publisher: Rocky Nook Publication Date: 28-DEC-2008 Insert Date: 19-FEB-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 |
This book teaches test managers what they need to know to achieve advanced skills in test estimation, test planning, test monitoring, and test control. Readers will learn how to define the overall testing goals and strategies for the systems being tested.
This hands-on, exercise-rich book provides experience with planning, scheduling, and tracking these tasks. You'll be able to describe and organize the necessary activities as well as learn to select, acquire, and assign adequate resources for testing tasks. Learn how to form, organize, and lead testing teams Master the organizing of...
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