Agile Software Development is a highly stimulating & rich book. The author has a deep background & gives us a tour de force of the emerging agile methods." -Tom Gilb The agile model of software development has taken the world by storm. Now in Agile Software Development Second Edition one of agile's leading pioneers updates his Jolt Productivity award-winning book to reflect all that's been learned about agile development since its original introduction. Alistair Cockburn begins by updating his powerful model of software development as a "cooperative game of invention & communication." Among the new ideas he introduces: harnessing competition without damaging collaboration; learning lessons from lean manufacturing; & balancing strategies for communication. Cockburn also explains how the cooperative game is played in business & on engineering projects not just software development Next he systematically illuminates the agile model shows how it has evolved & answers the questions developers & project managers ask most often including * Where does agile development fit in our organization? * How do we blend agile ideas with other ideas? * How do we extend agile ideas more broadly? Cockburn takes on crucial misconceptions that cause agile projects to fail. For example you'll learn why encoding project management strategies into fixed processes can lead to ineffective strategy decisions & costly mistakes. You'll also find a thoughtful discussion of the controversial relationship between agile methods & user experience design. Cockburn turns to the practical challenges of constructing agile methodologies for your own teams. You'll learn how to tune & continuously reinvent your methodologies & how to manage incomplete communication. This edition contains important new contributions on these & other topics: * Agile & CMMI * Introducing agile from the top down * Revisiting "custom contracts" * Creating change with "stickers" In addition Cockburn updates his discussion of the Crystal methodologies which utilize his "cooperative game" as their central metaphor. If you're new to agile development this book will help you succeed the first time out. If you've used agile methods before Cockburn's techniques will make you even more effective." ...

Agincourt took place on 25 October 1415 & was a turning-point not only in the Hundred Years War between England & France but also in the history of weaponry. Azincourt (as it is now) is in the Pas-de-Calais & the French were famously defeated by an army led by Henry V. Henry Vs stunning victory revived Englands military prestige & greatly strengthened his territorial claims in France. The exhausted English army of about 9 000 men was engaged by 20 000 Frenchmen but the limited space of battle favoured the more compact English forces. The undisciplined charges of the French combined with the exceptional skill of the English archers contributed to a pivotal moment in European warfare. Not more than 1 600 English soldiers died; the French probably lost more than 6 000 men. Juliet Barkers shimmeringly brilliant narrative commemorates & analyses a canonical battle in British history. ...

Agnes Grey is a trenchant expose of the frequently isolated intellectually stagnant & emotionally starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-nineteenth century. This is a deeply personal novel written from the author's own experience & as such Agnes Grey has a power & poignancy which mark it out as a landmark work of literature dealing with the social & moral evolution of English society during the last century. ...

When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meagre income & assert her independence. But Agnes enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children & then with the painful disdain of the haughty Murray family; the only kindness she receives comes from Mr Weston the sober young curate. Drawing on her own experience Anne Brontes first novel offers a compelling personal perspective on the desperate position of unmarried educated women for whom becoming a governess was the only respectable career open in Victorian society. ...

When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess. This is a personal perspective on the desperate position of unmarried educated women in Victorian society. Agnes Grey" is undoubtedtedly a deeply personal novel in which Anne Bronte views on the contemporary issue of the treatment of governesses as well as her passionate religious sympathies find very deliberate expression; but she also touches on issues of moral behaviour moral responsibility & individual integrity & its survival." ...

The Twentieth Edition takes The Agricultural Notebook into its third century; it has been thoroughly revised & updated to reflect the considerable changes in agricultural & rural practices & policies which have taken place since publication of the previous edition. The book is divided into four parts: Crops Management Animal Production & Farm Equipment. New sections added to this edition include: 1) A Marketing Perspective on Diversification 2) Organic Farming & 3) Farming & Wildlife. Since the first edition was compiled by Primrose Mc Connell in 1883 The Agricultural Notebook has become established as the standard work of reference for all those in the farming industry. With each edition it has evolved & changed in such a way as to provide agricultural scientists students of agriculture & related subjects farmers farm managers & land agents with an abundance of current information on all aspects of the business of farming. Many comments received from lecturers & students who have used previous editions of the book have been taken into account in producing the twentieth edition. The thirty contributing authors have fully updated chapters a new clearer layout has been adopted & much new information is included in easy--to--use tables & figures. The Agricultural Notebook is an essential purchase for all students of agriculture countryside & rural studies. Professionals such as farmers land agents agricultural scientists advisers suppliers to the agriculture industry & all those with a connection & interest in the agricultural community will find a huge wealth of information within the books covers. All libraries within universities colleges & research establishments where agricultural & rural sciences are studied & taught should have multiple copies of this important new edition on their shelves. ...

' She always had high hopes for him. Did he manage to graduate after his resits?' ' Him?! He's thick. Would be as useless as a lifeguard in a carwash.' This is a classic collection of the best humour that Scotland has to offer
- off-the-cuff & straight from the street. Packed full of wit & verbal gags you won't even believe most of them. Bestselling author Allan Morrison has spent months surreptitiously eavesdropping & collating over 500 of the best one-liners to produce this incredible collection an ideal stocking filler to help you chuckle Christmas away. ' When's the next bus then dearie?' ' Oh not for an hour.' ' Ach it'll not take me long to wait for that.'
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More & more people are realising that as with all areas of life your results in sport depend crucially on your ability to use your mind effectively. Certainly many elite sports performers say that the mental aspects of the sport make the difference between being a champion or not. The way you use your mind determines the level of success & fulfilment you gain from sport whether at professional or recreational level. Ahead of the Game is written for sports coaches athletes & players of all levels who want to learn some leading edge yet tried & tested techniques & approaches to using your mind more effectively & helping others to do the same. It draws on many of the techniques from Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) proven methods to achieve success. Ahead of the Game takes you through the techniques & approaches step by step & is full of practical exercises & examples of how these techniques have been used with athletes so that you can adapt the techniques to suit you. ...

All is dust... Spurned by his former brothers & his father Magnus the Red Ahriman is a wanderer a sorcerer of Tzeentch whose actions condemned an entire Legion to an eternity of damnation. Once a vaunted servant of the Thousand Sons he is now an outcast a renegade who resides in the Eye of Terror. Ever scheming he plots his return to power & the destruction of his enemies an architect of fate & master of the warp. ...

Do you know why Africa is so poor? What really happens to your aid money? Why trade rules fail African countries & yet cost you too? Weve heard it all before: the corrupt leaders heartless global corporations the wicked World Bank. But the answers are much closer to home...and so are the solutions. When Giles Bolton began working in the world of aid & development he travelled to Africa convinced that he could solve problems save villages & sing songs with the locals under a shimmering sunset. The reality proved rather less romantic & far more shocking... Aid & Other Dirty Business" is a radical brilliantly readable & totally original approach to an unending problem. It may change your life but more important it will help you change the lives of others." ...