Agile Software Development: Best Practices for Large Software Development Projects

Thomas Stober, Uwe Hansmann, "Agile Software Development: Best Practices for Large Software Development Projects"

Springer | 2009 | ISBN: 3540708308 | 179 pages | PDF | 6.41 MB

Software Development is moving towards a more agile and more flexible approach. It turns out that the traditional "waterfall" model is not supportive in an environment where technical, financial and strategic constraints are changing almost every day. But what is agility? What are today’s major approaches? And especially: What is the impact of agile development principles on the development teams, on project management and on software architects? How can large enterprises become more agile and improve their business processes, which have been existing since many, many years? What are the limitations of Agility? And what is the right balance between reliable structures and flexibility? This book will give answers to these questions. A strong emphasis will be on real life project examples, which describe how development teams have moved from a waterfall model towards an Agile Software Development approach.

Summary: Life is what happens when you are busy with making plans

Rating: 5

A great book, which makes one thing clear: complex software projects cannot be described and managed by THE perfect plan. The authors encourage to adopt agility and give useful guidelines/best practices how to be prepared for the unexpected.

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C++ Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition

C++ Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition

Course Technology PTR | ISBN: 1598638750, 1598639412 | edition 2009 | PDF | 376 pages | 6.48 MB

The video game industry is unique in that it regularly incorporates every major discipline of computer science. From 3D graphics and artificial intelligence to operating system theory and database design, if you are designing a commercial video game, you will eventually run into problems from each of these fields. Some of these fields mean working with specialized languages, but ultimately the two languages that are as common to the game industry as crunch time, caffeinated beverages, and pizza are C and C++. Despite a few commercial games written in Java (which is very similar to C++), almost every game that you play is written in either C or C++. It doesn’t matter whether the game runs on a PC, a game console, or even an arcade machine, chances are that C or C++ routines are at its heart. Even in cases when performance dictates that a routine needs to be written in assembly language to squeeze out more speed, it is common practice to first write the routine in C or C++.

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PC Gamer April 2010

PC Gamer April 2010

English | 96 pages | PDF | 32.5 Mb

PC Gamer is a magazine founded in Britain in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. The magazine has several regional editions, with the UK and US editions becoming the best selling PC games magazines in their respective countries. The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry, previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features relating to hardware, mods, "classic" games and various other topics.

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Homes and Living - Spring 2010

Homes and Living - Spring 2010

English | PDF | 100 Pages | 46,5 Mb

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Fitness Magazine March 2010

Fitness Magazine March 2010

English | 180 Pages | 51MB | True PDF

Fitness is a magazine for women seeking a realistic, balanced approach to good health. It's not just about exercise. It's about total well-being for the body, mind and spirit. Fitness is a way of life.

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