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- Agile Analytics: A Value-Driven Approach to Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
- The Economics of Software Quality
- Windows Phone 7 for iPhone Developers
- Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, 2nd Edition
- Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Lion in 10 Minutes
| Agile Analytics: A Value-Driven Approach to Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:19 AM PDT
Book DescriptionUsing Agile methods, you can bring far greater innovation, value, and quality to any data warehousing (DW), business intelligence (BI), or analytics project. However, conventional Agile methods must be carefully adapted to address the unique characteristics of DW/BI projects. In Agile Analytics, Agile pioneer Ken Collier shows how to do just that. Collier introduces platform-agnostic Agile solutions for integrating infrastructures consisting of diverse operational, legacy, and specialty systems that mix commercial and custom code. Using working examples, he shows how to manage analytics development teams with widely diverse skill sets and how to support enormous and fast-growing data volumes. Collier's techniques offer optimal value whether your projects involve "back-end" data management, "front-end" business analysis, or both.
Collier brings together proven solutions you can apply right now—whether you're an IT decision-maker, data warehouse professional, database administrator, business intelligence specialist, or database developer. With his help, you can mitigate project risk, improve business alignment, achieve better results—and have fun along the way. Review "One remarkable aspect of Agile Analytics is the breadth of coverage—from product and backlog management to Agile project management techniques, from self-organizing teams to evolutionary design practices, from automated testing to build management and continuous integration. Even if you are not on an analytics project, Ken's treatment of this broad range of topics related to products with a substantial data-oriented flavor will be useful for and beyond the analytics community." "Agile methods have transformed software development, and now it's time to transform the analytics space. Agile Analytics provides the knowledge needed to make the transformation to Agile methods in delivering your next analytics projects." "This book captures the fundamental strategies for successful business intelligence/analytics projects for the coming decade. Ken Collier has raised the bar for analytics practitioners—are you up to the challenge?" "A sweeping presentation of the fundamentals that will empower teams to deliver high-quality, high-value, working business intelligence systems far more quickly and cost effectively than traditional software development methods." Book Details
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| The Economics of Software Quality Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:12 AM PDT
Book Description"Whether consulting, working on projects, or teaching, whenever I need credible, detailed, relevant metrics and insights into the current capabilities and performance of the software engineering profession, I always turn first to Capers Jones' work. In this important new book, he and Olivier Bonsignour make the hard-headed, bottom-line, economic case, with facts and data, about why software quality is so important. I know I'll turn to this excellent reference again and again." Poor quality continues to bedevil large-scale development projects, but few software leaders and practitioners know how to measure quality, select quality best practices, or cost-justify their usage. In The Economics of Software Quality, leading software quality experts Capers Jones and Olivier Bonsignour show how to systematically measure the economic impact of quality and how to use this information to deliver far more business value. Using empirical data from hundreds of software organizations, Jones and Bonsignour show how integrated inspection, structural quality measurement, static analysis, and testing can achieve defect removal rates exceeding 95 percent. They offer innovative guidance for predicting and measuring defects and quality; choosing defect prevention, pre-test defect removal, and testing methods; and optimizing post-release defect reporting and repair. This book will help you
Review "This book provides the best treatment on the subject of economics of software quality that I've seen. Peppered with valuable industry data, in-depth analysis, empirical methods for quality improvement, and economic analysis of quality, this book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in this subject. With the many real-life and up-to-date examples and stories linking software quality to daily-life activities, readers will find this book an enjoyable read." "Finally, a book that defines the cost and economics of software quality and their relationship to business value. Facts such as the inability of testing alone to produce quality software, the value of engineering-in quality, and the positive ROI are illustrated in compelling ways. Additionally, this book is a mustread for understanding, managing, and eliminating 'technical debt' from software systems." "Congrats to Capers and Olivier as they release their relevant, extensive, and timely research on the costs of defects in today's software industry. The authors don't stop with the causes of defects; they explore injection points, removal, and prevention approaches to avoid the 'technical mortgage' associated with defective software products. In today's 'quick-to-market' world, an emphasis on strengthening the engineering in software engineering is refreshing. If you're a software developer, manager, student, or user, this book will challenge your perspective on software quality. Many thanks!" "This masterpiece of a book will empower those who invest in software–and the businesses and products that depend on it–to do so wisely. It is a groundbreaking work that rigorously applies principles of finance, economics, management, quality, and productivity to scrutinize holistically the value propositions and myths underlying the vast sums invested in software. A mustread if you want to get your money's worth from your software investments." "Capers Jones is the foremost leader in the software industry today for software metrics. The Economics of Software Quality is a comprehensive, data-rich study of challenges of quality software across the many application domains. It is an essential read for software quality professionals who wish to better understand the challenges they face and the cost and effectiveness of potential solutions. It is clear that much research and thought has been put into this." "In no other walk of life do we resist the necessity and validity of precise, rigorous measurement, as software practitioners have so vigorously resisted for more than fifty years. Capers Jones took up the challenge of bringing sanity and predictability to software production more than three decades ago, and now with Olivier Bonsignour, he brings forth his latest invaluable expression of confidence in applying standard engineering and economic discipline to what too often remains the 'Wild, Wild West' of software development." Book Details
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| Windows Phone 7 for iPhone Developers Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:05 AM PDT
Book DescriptionBring Your iPhone Apps and Skills to Windows Phone 7–or Build Apps for Both Mobile Platforms at Once If you've been developing for the competitive iPhone marketplace, this book will help you leverage your iOS skills on a fast-growing new platform: Windows Phone 7 (WP7). If you're a .NET programmer, it will help you build advanced WP7 mobile solutions that reflect valuable lessons learned by iOS developers. If you're a mobile development manager, it offers indispensable insights for planning cross-platform projects. Kevin Hoffman guides you through the entire WP7 Software Development Kit (SDK), showing how it resembles Apple's iOS SDK, where it differs, and how to build production-quality WP7 apps that sell. Step by step, you'll master each technology you'll need, including C#, Silverlight, and XAML. Every new concept is introduced along with all the tools and background needed to apply it. Hoffman's practical insights extend into every facet of WP7 development: building user interfaces; hardware and device services; WP7's unique Application Tiles; Push Notifications; the Phone Execution Model, local storage, smart clients, Model-View-View Model (MVVM) design, security, social gaming, testing, debugging, deployment, and more. A pleasure to read and packed with realistic examples, this is the most useful WP7 development book you can find.
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| Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours, 2nd Edition Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:02 AM PDT
Book DescriptionAndroid is the world’s #1 mobile development platform, and with the new Android 3.0, it’s becoming as popular for tablets as it is for smartphones. If you are a beginner, in just 24 lessons of one hour or less, this friendly, full-color book will help you master modern Android development. You can build a fully-featured app from scratch, learning all the skills you’ll need to create your own. Each lesson builds on prior chapters, providing a solid foundation for success. This edition is thoroughly updated for Android’s newest features and development tools, while still supporting the popular Android 2.0. Coverage includes:
Revised and simplified step-by-step instructions with full-color screenshots walk you through key tasks… updated Q and As, Quizzes, and Exercises test your knowledge…”Did You Know?” tips offer insider advice…”Watch Out!” alerts help you avoid problems. By the time you’re finished, you won’t just understand core Android concepts: you’ll be comfortable writing, testing, and publishing your own new apps. From the Back Cover Some of the highlights of this new edition include:
Learn how to…
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| Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Lion in 10 Minutes Posted: 24 Sep 2011 09:58 AM PDT
Book DescriptionSams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Lion in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical information designed to get you up and running quickly and easily. By working through its 10-minute lessons, you'll learn everything you need to know to effectively use Mac OS X Lion. Each compact lesson zeros in on a specific aspect of the Mac operating system explained through concise and informative descriptions along with accurate and easy to follow step-by-step instructions. You'll quickly become comfortable performing the most important Mac tasks you need–and want–to do everyday! Tips point out shortcuts and solutions 10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…
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