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1. |  By: Jamie Lynn Cooke Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 16-SEP-2010 Insert Date: 14-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Productivity Unleashed
In today's challenging economic climate, organizations faced with limited budgets and frozen staffing levels need proven, common-sense approaches to maximize their productivity. Agile approaches are business practices with a proven track record for helping organizations achieve greater efficiency, higher-quality outputs and increased customer satisfaction. They enable organizations to avoid the trappings of extensive up-front planning and up-front budget commitments by encouraging staff to regularly produce high-value business outputs; and by basing ongoing financial and resource...
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2. |  Agile: An Executive Guide - Real results from IT budgets By: Jamie Lynn Cooke Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 12-MAY-2011 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile: An Executive Guide - Real results from IT budgets
A summary of the challenges facing today's IT project manager
Discussions on project management forums highlight many of the challenges facing a project manager during the course of a project. Unclear requirements, scope creep and undefined roles are well-trodden issues that can derail a project. Other challenges are less obvious, often more subtle, but equally destructive.
Facing up to the challenges
This book offers a focused and concise summary of 50 challenges facing today's IT project manager. The authors draw on years of practical experience (rather than classroom theory) to...
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3. |  By: Jamie Lynn Cooke Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 27-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Agile Principles Unleashed: Proven approaches for achieving real productivity gains in any organisation
An essential tool for anyone whose job it is to deliver high-quality results on time and to budget!
In today's challenging economic climate, organisations faced with limited budgets and frozen staffing levels need proven, common-sense approaches to maximise their productivity. Agile approaches are business practices with a proven track record for helping organisations achieve greater efficiency, higher-quality outputs and increased customer satisfaction. They enable...
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4. |  By: Mathias Olausson; Joachim Rossberg; Jakob Ehn; Mattias Sköld Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 17-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 13-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Pro Team Foundation Service
Pro Team Foundation Service gives you a jump-start into Microsoft's cloud-based ALM platform, taking you through the different stages of software development. Every project needs to plan, develop, test and release software and with agile practices often at a higher pace than ever before.
Microsoft's Team Foundation Service is a cloud-based platform that gives you tools for agile planning and work tracking. It has a code repository that can be used not only from Visual Studio but from Java platforms and Mac OS X. The testing tools allow testers to start testing at the same time as...
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5. |  Agile SAP: Introducing flexibility, transparency and speed to SAP implementations By: Sean Robson Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 24-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile SAP: Introducing flexibility, transparency and speed to SAP implementations
"Invaluable practical advice
Many SAP projects use waterfall methodologies, but these often run into budgeting and scheduling problems. In this unique book, Sean Robson presents ways of improving SAP implementations and offers practical advice on the most effective way to see a project through from beginning to end. Basing his strategies on the twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto, and drawing on his vast experience, he particularly focuses on the use of Scrum and Kanban and their suitability for certain types of projects, enabling you to select the most appropriate method for the task...
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6. |  Everything you want to know about Agile By: Jamie Lynn Cooke Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 04-APR-2012 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Everything you want to know about Agile
Deliver exceptional results from your IT department using Agile approaches. This book will show you how.
The bottom line:
Everything you want to know about Agile comprehensively addresses the issues that IT departments face when they try to implement Agile approaches within the constraints of their traditional organizations, including existing project frameworks, budgeting structures, contracts and corporate reporting. It is an essential resource for IT departments that want to deliver successful Agile results, even in the most challenging environments.
Making Agile...
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7. |  Breaking the Addiction to Process: An Introduction to Agile Project Management By: Elizabeth Scanlon Thomas Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 05-APR-2011 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Breaking the Addiction to Process: An Introduction to Agile Project Management
"A clear, practical guide to Agile development methods. Transform your working practices and save time and money!
We live and work in an age in which clients' needs are changing rapidly. Deadlines are shortening and existing development methodologies are relatively inflexible. Projects undertaken using these systems are coming up against increasing difficulties. Modern processes need to be fast-moving and adaptable to cope with the pace of business today.
Revolutionise your working practices with Agile
Agile development methods offer greater flexibility than traditional methods....
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8. | Rough Cuts  Executable Specifications with Scrum: A Practical Guide to Agile Requirements Discovery By: Mario Cardinal Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 07-AUG-2013 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 | Overview: Executable Specifications with Scrum: A Practical Guide to Agile Requirements Discovery This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
Effective specifications are essential to
any significant software development project, and agile projects
are no exception. Traditionally, “user stories” have
been central to developing specifications in agile environments,
but while these are indispensable, they have not proven sufficient.
In Executable Specifications with Scrum , Mario Cardinal
offers simple best practices for creating specifications that are
more accurate, can be used to
automate software verification, and significantly improve
the likelihood of project...
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9. | Rough Cuts  Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners: Agile Tactics, Tools & Tips By: Ilan Goldstein Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 19-JUL-2013 Insert Date: 29-APR-2013 | Overview: Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners: Agile Tactics, Tools & Tips This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
Practical, Step-by-Step Scrum Techniques for Improving
Processes, Actions, and Outcomes
The widespread adoption and success of Scrum
can be attributed in large part to its perceived intuitiveness and
simplicity. But when new Scrum practitioners attempt to apply Scrum
theory and high-level approaches in actual projects, they often
find it surprisingly difficult. In Scrum Shortcuts without
Cutting Corners, Scrum expert Ilan Goldstein helps you
translate the Scrum framework into reality to meet the Scrum
challenges your formal training never...
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10. |  The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook By: Stacia Viscardi; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 19-APR-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Professional ScrumMaster's Handbook
A collection of tips, tricks, and war stories to help the professional ScrumMaster break
the chains of traditional organization and management
Checklists, questions, and exercises to get you thinking (and acting) like a professional ScrumMaster
Presented in a relaxed, jargon-free, personable style
Full of ideas, tips, and anecdotes based on real-world experiences
In Detail
A natural and difficult tension exists between a project team (supply) and its customer (demand); a professional ScrumMaster relaxes this tension using the Scrum framework so that the team arrives at...
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11. | Overview: Testen in Scrum-Projekten erstes Buch zu Testen in agilen Projekten im deutschsprachigen Raum durchgängiges Fallbeispiel und fünf weitere Fallstudien in Form von Interviews Checkfragen und Übungen am Ende eines jeden Kapitels* Autor ist in der Tester-Community sehr bekannt, u.a. Vorsitzender des German Testing Board
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12. |  By: Sander Hoogendoorn Publisher: Pearson Benelux Publication Date: 01-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 06-APR-2013 Slots: 0.0 | Overview: Dit is agile
Dit is agile is een fascinerende reis langs alle facetten van agile, zoals backlogs, stand-up meetings, retrospectives, specification by example, agile dashboards en test driven development. Sander Hoogendoorn deelt in dit boek zijn ruime kennis en ervaring met het coachen van en werken in agile teams. Dankzij de vele illustraties en praktijkvoorbeelden is Dit is agile niet alleen een duidelijke gids voor beginners, maar bevat het ook talloze tips en nieuwe inzichten voor de ervaren lezer. Het boek geeft antwoord op tal van vragen:
⢠Waarom werkt waterval niet?
⢠Wat is...
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13. |  By: Rolf Dräther; Holger Koschek; Carsten Sahling Publisher: O'Reilly Verlag Publication Date: 15-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 29-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Scrum kurz & gut Scrum ist ein agiles Projektmanagement-Framework, das in der Softwareentwicklung bereits vielfach erfolgreich eingesetzt wird und sich als Methode für die Arbeitsorganisation in IT-Unternehmen immer mehr durchsetzt. Dieses Buch bietet sowohl IT-Projektmanagern als auch an Scrum-Prozessen beteiligten Softwareentwicklern einen kompakten, praxisbezogenen Überblick über das Framework. Scrum - kurz & gut beschreibt leicht verständlich nicht nur die Regeln, Strukturen und Rollen von Scrum, sondern erläutert auch die agilen Werte und Denkweisen, die dieser Arbeitsmethode zugrunde liegen. Ein Glossar...
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14. |  By: Diana Brown Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publication Date: 10-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 22-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile User Experience Design
Being able to fit design into the Agile software development processes is an important skill in today’s market. There are many ways for a UX team to succeed (and fail) at being Agile. This book provides you with the tools you need to determine what Agile UX means for you. It includes practical examples and case studies, as well as real-life factors to consider while navigating the Agile UX waters. You’ll learn about what contributes to your team’s success, and which factors to consider when determining the best path for getting there. After reading this book, you’ll have the knowledge to...
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15. |  The Agile Pocket Guide: A Quick Start to Making Your Business Agile Using Scrum and Beyond By: Peter Saddington Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 19-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 15-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Agile Pocket Guide: A Quick Start to Making Your Business Agile Using Scrum and Beyond
A fast and easy guide to Agile/Scrum principles for any organization
The philosophy of Agile is to collaborate as much as possible with your teams and clients to build quality products that ship early and often, while learning and re-learning as you go. The Scrum approach organizes business priorities around short team sprints that yield incremental improvement. If you find yourself at the helm of a team, The Agile Pocket Guide will guide you in implementing Agile and Scrum principles through organizational change and by bringing personal ownership into the equation.
Discover how to...
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16. |  TeamCity 7 Continuous Integration Essentials By: Volodymyr Melymuka; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 26-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 01-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: TeamCity 7 Continuous Integration Essentials
"A step-by-step introductory tutorial and intelligible practical guide to successfully applying Continuous Integration via TeamCity book and ebook.
Put Continuous Integration into operation with TeamCity, quickly and easily with this practical tutorial
Set automatic build checks and notifications according to your needs and configure multi-step builds with dependent and interrelated projects easily
Plug TeamCity either to existing on-going development or at the project’s very beginning
Perform fine-tuning adjustments of the TeamCity Server
In Detail
Nowadays, Agile...
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17. |  Agile Development. Filozofia programowania zwinnego By: James Shore; Chromatic Publisher: Helion Publication Date: 25-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 01-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Development. Filozofia programowania zwinnego Ksi??ka dla programistów, którzy maj? do?wiadczenie w tworzeniu witryn internetowych i s? zainteresowani ulepszaniem istniej?cych ju? aplikacji....
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18. |  Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 Publisher: Microsoft Press Publication Date: 24-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 19-OCT-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 Turn requirements into working software increments—faster and more efficiently—using Visual Studio 2012, Scrum and Agile engineering practices, and the role-based guidance in this practical reference....
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19. |  By: Hugh Beyer Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers Publication Date: 07-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 25-SEP-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: User-Centered Agile Methods With the introduction and popularization of Agile methods of software development, existing relationships and working agreements between user experience groups and developers are being disrupted. Agile methods introduce new concepts: the Product Owner, the Customer (but not the user), short iterations, User Stories. Where do UX professionals fit in this new world? Agile methods also bring a new mindset -- no big design, no specifications, minimal planning -- which conflict with the needs of UX design.
This lecture discusses the key elements of Agile for the UX community and...
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20. |  Agile Projekte mit Scrum, XP und Kanban im Unternehmen durchführen By: Henning Wolf Publisher: dpunkt Publication Date: 15-OCT-2011 Insert Date: 20-SEP-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Projekte mit Scrum, XP und Kanban im Unternehmen durchführen erstes Buch mit Praxisberichten aus dem agilen Projektalltag geschrieben von führenden agilen Experten im deutschsprachigen Raum auch Projektberichte aus Kanban-Projekten!
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