| Succeeding with Agile Software Development Using Scrum [by Mike Cohn] |
 Proven, 100% Practical Guidance for Making Scrum and Agile Work in Any Organization
This is the definitive, realistic, actionable guide to starting fast with Scrum and agile–and then succeeding over the long haul. Leading agile consultant and practitioner Mike Cohn presents detailed recommendations, powerful tips, and real-world case studies drawn from his unparalleled experience helping hundreds of software organizations make Scrum and agile work.
Succeeding with Agile is for pragmatic software professionals who want real answers to the most difficult challenges they face in implementing Scrum. Cohn covers every facet of the transition: getting started, helping individuals transition to new roles, structuring teams, scaling up, working with a distributed te |
Ebook Size: Downloads:23 Rating: Updated:May 05,2012 |
| Two-Dimensional Phase Unwrapping: Theory, Algorithms, and Software [by Dennis C. Ghiglia and Mark D. Pritt ] |
 A resource like no other-the first comprehensive guide to phase unwrapping
Phase unwrapping is a mathematical problem-solving technique increasingly used in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry, optical interferometry, adaptive optics, and medical imaging. In Two-Dimensional Phase Unwrapping, two internationally recognized experts sort through the multitude of ideas and algorithms cluttering current research, explain clearly how to solve phase unwrapping problems, and provide practicable algorithms that can be applied to problems encountered in diverse disciplines. Complete with case studies and examples as well as hundreds of images and figures illustrating the concepts, this book features:
* A thorough introduction to the theory of phase unwrapping
* Eig |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:16 Rating: Updated:May 05,2012 |
| Head First Software Development [by Dan Pilone and Russ Miles] |
 Even the best developers have seen well-intentioned software projects fail -- often because the customer kept changing requirements, and end users didn t know how to use the software you developed. Instead of surrendering to these common problems, let Head First Software Development guide you through the best practices of software development. Before you know it, those failed projects will be a thing of the past.
With its unique visually rich format, this book pulls together the hard lessons learned by expert software developers over the years. You ll gain essential information about each step of the software development lifecycle -- requirements, design, coding, testing, implementing, and maintenance -- and understand why and how different development processes work.
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| Ebook Size: Downloads:10 Rating: Updated:May 05,2012 |
| Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software [by Charles Petzold] |
 What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new means of communicating with each other. And through CODE, we see how this ingenuity and our very human compulsion to communicate have driven the technological innovations of the past two centuries.
Using everyday objects and familiar language systems such as Braille and Morse code, author Charles Petzold weaves an illuminating narrative for anyone who’s ever wondered about the secret inner life of computers and other smart machines.
It’s a cleverly illustrated and eminently comprehensible story—and along the way, you’ll discover you’ve gained a real context for underst |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:30 Rating: Updated:May 05,2012 |
| Machinima For Dummies [by Johnnie Ingram and Hugh Hancock] |
 Use this book to learn how you can, at little or no expense, make virtually any movie using Machinima. The authors guide you from making your first Machinima movie to a grounding in both conventional filmmaking and Machinima technology that will let you tackle very complex film projects.
The book focuses on the following Machinima platforms:
The Sims 2: Arguably the most popular Machinima platform of all time, The Sims 2 allows you to tell stories ranging from romance to noir action.
World Of Warcraft: Tell your own tales of heroism in the world of Azeroth, following in the footsteps of award-winning Machinima creators and even the makers of South Park.
Medieval 2: Total War - This astonishing new game allows you to create Lord of the R |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:11 Rating: Updated:Mar 31,2012 |
| Manga Studio For Dummies [by Doug Hills] |
 Love Manga? The newest features of Manga Studio help you bring your ideas to life! The tools available in the latest version of this powerful program make it easy to turn your computer into your drawing board, andManga Studio For Dummies makes it easy to get started.
Discover how to use Manga Studio to begin creating comics in manga or Western styles, add color to your creations, and share them with your adoring public. It’s a breeze once you know your way around the program. Manga may have begun in Japan, but Manga Studio For Dummies is written in plain English, and shows you how to:
Build and use page templates
Rough in your comic with penciling techniques
Work 100% digital, or use a combination of digital and traditional |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:20 Rating: Updated:Mar 31,2012 |
| Paint Shop Pro 9 For Dummies [by David C. Kay and William Steinmetz] |
 Want your photos and graphics to be picture-perfect? This book is your buddy. It will help you capture and scan images, create a virtual painting, repair damaged, dark, or blurry photos, add Aunt Louise to the picture and get the red out of Uncle Joe s eyes, and produce great prints or post your masterpieces online.
Discover how to:
Capture pictures from paper, camera, or screen
Size and crop photos
Boost photo color, retouch, and fix lighting flaws
Add shapes and text to your graphics
Turn photographs into fine art
About the Author
David Kay is a writer, an engineer, an artist, and a naturalist who has written or cowritten more than a dozen computer books. William "The Ferrett" Steinmetz is a freelance Webmaster |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:15 Rating: Updated:Mar 31,2012 |
| Visio 2007 For Dummies [by John Mueller ] |
 Reveal your inner business artist with Visio
Turn your ideas into diagrams and drawings with Visio s stencils and templates
If you have an idea you want to get down on electronic paper, Visio 2007 is for you, and so is this book! They re both flexible and user-friendly. Here s how to use Visio to capture ideas from simple to intricate, update data in a drawing with a single click, add and manipulate text, work with connectors, and more.
Discover how to
Create business, engineering, software, or network diagrams
Format an entire drawing using themes
Analyze "what-if" scenarios with PivotDiagrams
Produce layered multipage drawings
Save drawings to publish on the Web
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| Ebook Size: Downloads:10 Rating: Updated:Mar 31,2012 |
| Office 2003 Timesaving Techniques for Dummies [by Woody Leonhard ] |
 Wouldn’t it be a waste to go on a spectacular, exotic vacation abroad and just hang out at the hotel pool? Wouldn’t it be a waste to buy a new iPod, download four favorite songs, and play them over and over?
Most people with Office 2003 are wasting a lot of software power and a lot of time. They do the same routine things in the same routine ways and haven’t begun to explore the capabilities of Office 2003. If you’re one of them, Office 2003 Timesaving Techniques For Dummies gets you out of your rut and into action. It provides over 70 timesaving techniques for Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and PowerPoint. (Most of the tips work with Office 2000 and Office XP, too.) You’ll customize Office to meet your needs and start working like a pro in |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:21 Rating: Updated:Mar 17,2012 |
| Office 2003 Application Development All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies [by Richard Mansfield] |
 So you’re an Office programmer, experienced user, IT professional, or developer. You know there’s lots of power in Office 2003 you’re not using. Help is on the way! This handy one-stop reference walks you through creating cool VBA programs, using the great new Office features, and moving up to VB.NET Office programming.
The Dummies Way
Coverage of the essentials and beyond
Explanations in plain English
"Get in, get out" information
Thumbtabs and other navigation aids
Tear-out cheat sheet
A dash of humor and fun
Discover how to:
Assign macros to toolbars and shortcuts
Manage shared documents
Power VBA with wizards and add-ins
Trap errors within your code
Provide analytic content in Excel
Create custom controls |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:27 Rating: Updated:Mar 17,2012 |
| Joomla! For Dummies [by Seamus Bellamy and Steven Holzner] |
 Build template-based web sites without the hassle of writing code!
Joomla! is a free, open source PHP & MySQL-based content management system that allows you to create interactive, community-based Web sites without having to write or program code in PHP or ASP.NET. This fun and friendly introduction to Joomla! shows you how to create a rich, interactive Web site that does not require any code.
No matter your skill level, this easy-to-understand resource demonstrates how to drop preconfigured modules that already contain PHP and MySQL code directly into your Joomla! site. Thanks to the Dummies fun and friendly approach, you ll quickly see how easy to create a rich, interactive Web site with Joomla!
Demonstrates how to create a business site—com |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:56 Rating: Updated:Jan 28,2012 |
| RT Essentials [by Jesse Vincent, Robert Spier, Dave Rolsky and Darren Chamberlain] |
 In a typical organization, there s always plenty that to do such as: pay vendors, invoice customers, answer customer inquiries, and fix bugs in hardware or software. You need to know who wants what and keep track of what is left to do.
This is where a ticketing system comes in. A ticketing system allows you to check the status of various tasks: when they were requested, who requested them and why, when they were completed, and more. RT is a high-level, open source ticketing system efficiently enabling a group of people to manage tasks, issues, and requests submitted by a community of users.
RT Essentials, co-written by one of the RT s original core developers, Jesse Vincent, starts off with a quick background lesson about ticketing systems and then shows you how to in |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:52 Rating: Updated:Dec 31,2011 |
| Object-Oriented and Classical Software Engineering [by Stephen R. Schach] |
 Building on seven strong editions, the eighth edition maintains the organization and approach for which Object-Oriented and Classical Software Engineering is known while making significant improvements and additions to content as well as problems and projects. The revisions for the eighth edition make the text easier to use in a one-semester course.
Integrating case studies to show the object oriented approach to software engineering, Object-Oriented and Classical Software Engineering, 8/e presents an excellent introduction to software engineering fundamentals, covering both traditional and object-oriented techniques.
While maintaining a unique organization with Part I covering underlying software engineering theory, and Part II presenting the more practical life cycl |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:113 Rating: Updated:Dec 25,2011 |
| SAS For Dummies [by Stephen McDaniel and Chris Hemedinger] |
 The fun and easy way to learn to use this leading business intelligence tool
Written by an author team who is directly involved with SAS, this easy-to-follow guide is fully updated for the latest release of SAS and covers just what you need to put this popular software to work in your business. SAS allows any business or enterprise to improve data delivery, analysis, reporting, movement across a company, data mining, forecasting, statistical analysis, and more. SAS For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives you the necessary background on what SAS can do for you and explains how to use the Enterprise Guide.
SAS provides statistical and data analysis tools to help you deal with all kinds of data: operational, financial, performance, and more
Places special emphasis on Enterprise |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:53 Rating: Updated:Dec 11,2011 |
| iWork 09 For Dummies [by Jesse Feiler ] |
 Dress up office documents the Apple way with iWork 09 and this friendly guide
If you re a Mac lover and want to explore life outside of that "other productivity suite," here s your chance to dress up your docs with Apple s iWork 09 and this easy-to-follow guide from Mac technology expert, Jesse Feiler. He draws on 20 years of experience with Apple software to share his secrets of producing fun and creative files using Apple iWork 09.
Explore iWork s word processing software, called Pages, and start cranking out text that not only reads well, it looks great. Add style to your spreadsheets with Numbers. And produce dazzling presentations with Keynote--all of it with iWork s special bells and whistles that will give your everyday documents extra Apple style. |
| Ebook Size: Downloads:65 Rating: Updated:Dec 11,2011 |
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