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1. |  Project Governance: The Essentials By: Rod Beecham Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 07-APR-2011 Insert Date: 17-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Governance: The Essentials
Developing IT project managers - the only way.
In line with the course objectives of the ISEB Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management, the book explains the principles of IT-related project management, including project planning, monitoring and control, change management, risk management and communication between project stakeholders.
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2. | Rough Cuts  By: Stephen Wendel Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 15-JAN-2014 Insert Date: 14-JUN-2013 | Overview: Designing for Behavior Change This book provides step-by-step instruction for designers and product managers in Behavioral Design: the use of behavioral economics and psychology within products to help people change their daily routines and behavior.
The problem that many designers and product managers face is how to put their new knowledge of psychology to work in an actual product, especially when the behavioral goals of that product extend beyond having the user click on a particular link. Instead of another list of cognitive biases or another model of behavior, they need practical guidance. This book fills that gap:...
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3. |  Illustrating PRINCE2 - Project Management in Real Terms By: Susan Tuttle Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 10-JAN-2012 Insert Date: 14-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Illustrating PRINCE2 - Project Management in Real Terms
Enjoy effective and profitable projects with PRINCE2®
PRINCE2® is a versatile project management method that can be tailored to any project, of any size, in any environment, by any company. It is widely recognized and extensively used. This book will show you how PRINCE2® will enable you to obtain the best possible results from all your projects.
Step by step …
Written by an experienced practitioner and trainer, this step-by-step guide breaks down the PRINCE2® methodology into bite-size chunks, giving clear explanations and practical illustrations in each section. It...
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4. |  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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5. |  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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6. |  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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7. |  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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8. |  Resource-Oriented Architecture Patterns for Webs of Data By: Brian Sletten Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers Publication Date: 01-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 12-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Resource-Oriented Architecture Patterns for Webs of Data The surge of interest in the REpresentational State Transfer (REST) architectural style, the Semantic Web and Linked Data has resulted in the development of innovative, flexible, and powerful systems that embrace one or more of these compatible technologies. Most developers, architects, Information Technology managers, and platform owners have only been exposed to the basics of these resource-oriented architectures however. This book is an attempt to catalog and elucidate several reusable solutions that have been seen in the wild in the now increasingly familiar “Patterns book" style. These...
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9. |  Enterprise Architecture: A Pocket Guide By: Tom Graves Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 16-JUN-2009 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Enterprise Architecture: A Pocket Guide
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Enterprise architecture makes a vital contribution to the running of a large organisation. It was originally developed in order to manage a rapid growth in the cost and complexity of IT systems, using knowledge gained from software structure and design. For this reason, enterprise architecture is often thought of as a component of IT governance. However, the discipline has evolved and extended its scope. Enterprise architecture is now about structuring business capabilities and processes in order to support your long-term business strategy. Effective application of enterprise architecture...
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10. |  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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11. |  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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12. |  Software Life Cycle Management Standards By: David Wright Publisher: IT Governance Ltd Publication Date: 26-JUL-2011 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Software Life Cycle Management Standards
Software Life Cycle Management Standards - Real-world scenarios and solutions for savings
Follow the ISO/IEC 19770 road and watch your profits grow.
The advent of ISO/IEC 19770 is a leap forward for all who have an interest in the software life cycle, from designer to consumer. In five parts, three of which are still under development, the Standard defines best practice for all aspects of software asset management and introduces SWID (software identification) tags and SWEID (software licensing entitlement) tags.
Software Publishers - your route to financial...
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13. |  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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14. |  Service-Driven Approaches to Architecture and Enterprise Integration By: Raja Ramanathan; Kirtana Raja Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Service-Driven Approaches to Architecture and Enterprise Integration While business functions such as manufacturing, operations, and marketing often utilize various software applications, they tend to operate without the ability to interact with each other and exchange data. This provides a challenge to gain an enterprise-wide view of a business and to assist real-time decision making. Service-Driven Approaches to Architecture and Enterprise Integration addresses the issues of integrating assorted software applications and systems by using a service driven approach. Supporting the dynamics of business needs, this book highlights the tools, techniques, and...
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15. | 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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Instant Apache ServiceMix How-to By: Henryk Konsek; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 04-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 09-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Instant Apache ServiceMix How-to
Learn to create simple ServiceMix-based integration solutions using short, practical,
hands-on recipes
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
Leverage OSGI to speed up the ESB deployment
Define message flow with Camel DSL
Expose your system via web services
In Detail
Creating reliable integration solution can be easy if you choose the right tools for the job. Apache Camel and ServiceMix are the leading integration technologies dedicated to dealing with the complexity of the messaging solutions. Learn how to...
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17. |  By: Janos Gyerik; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 06-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 09-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Bazaar Version Control
A fast-paced practical guide to version control
Gain an understanding of what version control is, and how you can benefit and effectively use it to collaborate with other people
Place any project under version control and track the history of changes easily
Understand all the core operations and the most common workflows through practical examples and clear explanations
Learn advanced workflows through a step-by-step approach covering increasingly complex topics and situations of collaboration
In Detail
Bazaar is a version control system that enables you to track your...
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18. |  Getting Started with Oracle Tuxedo By: Biru Chattopadhayay; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 04-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 05-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Getting Started with Oracle Tuxedo
A practical guide to client/server technology using Tuxedo and to extend it to SOA and
cloud quickly
Master the Tuxedo architecture and its various important components and their functionalities
Get started with Tuxedo best practices and tuning guidelines
Understand the Exalogic machine and how to configure Tuxedo on it.
In Detail
The client server or Tuxedo has existed for the past few decades and it is expanding every day! Today, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) or Service Component Architecture (SCA) are considered to be the new approaches to build client server...
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19. |  By: Steven F. Daniel; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 23-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 04-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Xcode 4 Cookbook
Over 100 recipes to build your own fun and exciting iOS applications
Learn how to go about developing some simple, yet powerful applications with ease using recipes and example code
Teaches how to use the features of iOS 6 to integrate Facebook, Twitter, iCloud, and Airplay into your applications
Lots of step-by-step recipe examples with ample screenshots right through to application deployment to the Apple App Store to get you up to speed in no time, with helpful hints along the way
In Detail
The release of iOS 6 comes packed with over 1,500 new APIs and 200 new...
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20. |  Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 12-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 04-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Vagrant: Up and Running How does Vagrant boosts the productivity of companies such as Mozilla, RackSpace, LivingSocial, and others? This comprehensive guide shows you how to create and distribute virtualized development environments with this powerful open source tool....
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