1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996395012503316

Autore

Stafford William Howard, Viscount, <1614-1680.>

Titolo

The tryal of William Viscount Stafford for high treason [[electronic resource] ] : in conspiring the death of the King, the extirpation of the Protestant religion, the subversion of the government, and introduction of popery into this realm : upon an impeachment by the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled, in the name of themselves and of all the commons of England : begun in Westminster-Hall the 30th day of November 1680, and continued until the 7th of December following, on which day judgment of high treason was given upon him : with the manner of his execution on the 29th of the same month

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by the assigns of John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills ..., 1680/1

Descrizione fisica

[2], 218 p

Soggetti

Trials (Treason) - England

Popish Plot, 1678

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First ed. Cf. BM.

Errata: p. 218.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818861003321

Autore

Holcombe W. M. L (William Michael Lloyd), <1944->

Titolo

Running an agile software development project / / Mike Holcombe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2008

ISBN

9786612136924

9781282136922

1282136925

9780470385883

047038588X

9780470385876

0470385871

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Disciplina

005.1/1

005.11

Soggetti

Computer software - Development

Agile software development

eXtreme programming

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-308) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Running an Agile Software Development Project; Contents; Preface; 1. What Is an Agile Methodology?; 1.1 Rapid Business Change: The Ultimate Driver; 1.2 What Must Agile Methodologies be Able to Do?; 1.3 Agility: What Is It and How Do We Achieve It?; 1.4 Evolving Software: Obstacles and Possibilities; 1.5 The Quality Agenda; 1.6 Do We Really Need All This Mountain of Documentation?; 1.7 The Human Factor; 1.8 Some Agile Methodologies; 1.8.1 Dynamic Systems Development Method; 1.8.2 Feature-Driven Design; 1.8.3 Crystal; 1.8.4 Agile Modeling; 1.8.5 SCRUM; 1.8.6 Summary Table; 1.9 Review; Exercise

ConundrumReferences; 2. Extreme Programming Outlined; 2.1 Some Guiding Principles; 2.2 The Five Values; 2.2.1 Communication; 2.2.2 Feedback; 2.2.3 Simplicity; 2.2.4 Courage; 2.2.5 Respect; 2.3 The 12 Basic Practices of XP; 2.3.1 Test-First Programming; 2.3.2 Pair Programming; 2.3.3 On-Site Customer; 2.3.4 The Planning Game; 2.3.5



System Metaphor; 2.3.6 Small, Frequent Releases; 2.3.7 Always Use the Simplest Solution That Adds Business Value; 2.3.8 Continuous Integration; 2.3.9 Coding Standards; 2.3.10 Collective Code Ownership; 2.3.11 Refactoring; 2.3.12 Forty-Hour Week; 2.4 Can XP Work?

2.5 The Evidence for XP2.5.1 Evidence for Test First; 2.5.2 Evidence for Pair Programming; 2.5.3 Evidence for XP; 2.6 Preparing to XP; Exercise; Conundrum; References; 3. Foundations: People and Teams Working Together; 3.1 Software Engineering in Teams; 3.2 Personalities and Team Success; 3.3 Observations of Team Behavior in XP Projects; 3.4 Setting Up a Team; 3.5 Developing Team Skills; 3.6 Training Together; 3.7 Finding and Keeping a Client for a University-Based Project or a Small Business Start-Up; 3.8 The Organizational Framework; 3.9 Planning

3.9.1 PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)3.9.2 Gantt Charts; 3.10 Dealing with Problems; 3.10.1 Basic Strategies; 3.10.2 When Things Go Really Wrong; 3.11 Risk Analysis; 3.12 Review; Exercises; Conundrum; References; 4. Starting an XP Project; 4.1 Project Beginnings; 4.1.1 Researching the Business Background; 4.1.2 Exploring the Outline System Description; 4.2 The First Meetings with the Client; 4.3 Business Analysis and Problem Discovery; 4.4 The Initial Stages of Building a Requirements Document; 4.5 Techniques for Requirements Elicitation; 4.6 Putting Your Knowledge Together

4.7 Getting Technical4.8 Developing the Requirements Documents; 4.9 Specifying and Measuring the Quality Attributes of the System; 4.9.1 Identifying Attributes; 4.9.2 Specifying the Acceptable Level of an Attribute; 4.9.3 User Characteristics and User Interface Characteristics; 4.10 The Formal Requirements Document and System Metaphor; 4.10.1 Commentary; 4.11 Contract Negotiation; 4.12 Case Study: The Impact of Organizational Politics; 4.13 Review; Conundrum; References; 5. Identifying Stories and Preparing to Build; 5.1 Looking at the User Stories; 5.2 Collections of Stories

5.2.1 Pharmacovigilance

Sommario/riassunto

A Practical Approach To Building Small To Medium Software Systems For Real Business Clients Based on more than 100 actual commercial projects, this book clearly explains how to run an agile software development project that delivers high-quality, high-value solutions to business clients. It concentrates on the practical, social, business, and management aspects as well as the technical issues involved. Professor Holcombe successfully connects readers with the wave of ""Agile 2.0"" concepts that take the techniques of agile development and place them in the service of business goals. Since