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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The rules and practices for Scrum?a simple process for managing complex projects?are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. But Scrum?s simplicity itself?its lack of prescription?can be disarming, and new practitioners often find themselves reverting to old project management habits and tools and yielding lesser results. In this illuminating series of case studies, Scrum co-creator and evangelist Ken Schwaber identifies the real-world lessons?the successes and failures?culled from his years of experience coaching companies in agile project management. Through them, you?ll understand how to use Scrum to solve complex problems and drive better results?delivering more valuable software faster. Gain the foundation in Scrum theory?and practice?you need to: Rein in even the most complex, unwieldy projects Effectively manage unknown or changing product requirements Simplify the chain of command with self-managing development teams Receive clearer specifications?and feedback?from customers Greatly reduce project planning time and required tools Build?and release?products in 30-day cycles so clients get deliverables earlier Avoid missteps by regularly inspecting, reporting on, and fine-tuning projects Support multiple teams working on a large-scale project from many geographic locations Maximize return on investment.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Renowned Excel experts Bill Jelen (MrExcel) and Michael Alexander help you crunch data from any source with Excel 2019 pivot tables.    Use Excel 2019 pivot tables and pivot charts to produce powerful, dynamic reports in minutes instead of hours, to take control of your data and your business. Even if you?ve never created a pivot table before, this book will help you leverage all their remarkable flexibility and analytical power?including valuable improvements in Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365. Drawing on more than 45 combined years of Excel experience, Bill Jelen and Michael Alexander offer practical ?recipes? for solving real business problems, help you avoid common mistakes, and present tips and tricks you?ll find nowhere else.  By reading this book, you will:  ? Master easy, powerful ways to create, customize, change, and control pivot tables  ? Control all future pivot tables using new pivot table defaults  ? Transform huge data sets into clear summary reports  ? Instantly highlight your most profitable customers, products, or regions  ? Use Power Query to quickly import, clean, shape, and analyze disparate data sources  ? Build geographical pivot tables with 3D Map  ? Construct and share state-of-the-art dynamic dashboards  ? Revamp analyses on the fly by dragging and dropping fields  ? Build dynamic self-service reporting systems  ? Share your pivot tables with colleagues  ? Create data mashups using the full Power Pivot capabilities of Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365  ? Automate pivot tables with macros and VBA  ? Save time by adapting reports with GetPivotData  ? Discover today?s most useful pivot table tips and shortcuts.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. This full-color, visual guide teaches students the new features of Windows 10.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Get the fast facts that make learning Excel 2002 plain and simple! HERE?S WHAT YOU?LL LEARN: Find the simplest ways to get stuff done in Microsoft Excel Customize your spreadsheet: format, formulas, functions * Add charts, graphics, and PivotTables to bring data alive Embed a spreadsheet into a Web page Use Excel with other Microsoft Office programs HERE?S HOW YOU?LL LEARN IT: NUMBERED STEPS show exactly what to do Color SCREEN SHOTS keep you on track Handy TIPS teach easy techniques and shortcuts Quick TRY THIS! exercises put your learning to work CAUTION notes help keep you out of trouble.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Get the fast facts that make learning Excel 2002 plain and simple! HERE?S WHAT YOU?LL LEARN: Find the simplest ways to get stuff done in Microsoft Excel Customize your spreadsheet: format, formulas, functions * Add charts, graphics, and PivotTables to bring data alive Embed a spreadsheet into a Web page Use Excel with other Microsoft Office programs HERE?S HOW YOU?LL LEARN IT: NUMBERED STEPS show exactly what to do Color SCREEN SHOTS keep you on track Handy TIPS teach easy techniques and shortcuts Quick TRY THIS! exercises put your learning to work CAUTION notes help keep you out of trouble.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No matter how much instruction you?ve had on managing software requirements, there?s no substitute for experience. Too often, lessons about requirements engineering processes lack the no-nonsense guidance that supports real-world solutions. Complementing the best practices presented in his book, Software Requirements, Second Edition, requirements engineering authority Karl Wiegers tackles even more of the real issues head-on in this book. With straightforward, professional advice and practical solutions based on actual project experiences, this book answers many of the tough questions raised by industry professionals. From strategies for estimating and working with customers to the nuts and bolts of documenting requirements, this essential companion gives developers, analysts, and managers the cosmic truths that apply to virtually every software development project. Discover how to: ? Make the business case for investing in better requirements practices ? Generate estimates using three specific techniques ? Conduct inquiries to elicit meaningful business and user requirements ? Clearly document project scope ? Implement use cases, scenarios, and user stories effectively ? Improve inspections and peer reviews ? Write requirements that avoid ambiguity.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No matter how much instruction you?ve had on managing software requirements, there?s no substitute for experience. Too often, lessons about requirements engineering processes lack the no-nonsense guidance that supports real-world solutions. Complementing the best practices presented in his book, Software Requirements, Second Edition, requirements engineering authority Karl Wiegers tackles even more of the real issues head-on in this book. With straightforward, professional advice and practical solutions based on actual project experiences, this book answers many of the tough questions raised by industry professionals. From strategies for estimating and working with customers to the nuts and bolts of documenting requirements, this essential companion gives developers, analysts, and managers the cosmic truths that apply to virtually every software development project. Discover how to: ? Make the business case for investing in better requirements practices ? Generate estimates using three specific techniques ? Conduct inquiries to elicit meaningful business and user requirements ? Clearly document project scope ? Implement use cases, scenarios, and user stories effectively ? Improve inspections and peer reviews ? Write requirements that avoid ambiguity.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This is learning made easy. Students will get productive fast with Outlook 2016 and jump in wherever they need answers--brisk lessons and colorful screen shots show them exactly what to do, step by step.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Written by a former Microsoft developer, this book takes on the problem of bugs by examining the development process and the places where developers typically make mistakes. The author provides practical solutions for detecting mistakes and examples of how bugs are caught at Microsoft.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Renowned Excel experts Bill Jelen (MrExcel) and Tracy Syrstad explain how to build more powerful, reliable, and efficient Excel spreadsheets.   Use this guide to automate virtually any routine Excel task: save yourself hours, days, maybe even weeks. Make Excel do things you thought were impossible, discover macro techniques you won?t find anywhere else, and create automated reports that are amazingly powerful. Bill Jelen and Tracy Syrstad help you instantly visualize information to make it actionable; capture data from anywhere, and use it anywhere; and automate the best new features in Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365. You?ll find simple, step-by-step instructions, real-world case studies, and 50 workbooks packed with examples and complete, easy-to-adapt solutions.   By reading this book, you will: Quickly master Excel macro developmentWork more efficiently with ranges, cells, and formulasGenerate automated reports and quickly adapt them for new requirementsLearn to automate pivot tables to summarize, analyze, explore, and present dataUse custom dialog boxes to collect data from others using ExcelImprove the reliability and resiliency of your macrosIntegrate data from the internet, Access databases, and other sourcesAutomatically generate charts, visualizations, sparklines, and Word documentsCreate powerful solutions with classes, collections, and custom functionsSolve sophisticated business analysis problems more rapidly   About This Book For everyone who wants to get more done with Microsoft Excel in less timeFor business and financial professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and others who need to efficiently manage and analyze data.…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Corporate and commercial software-development teams all want solutions for one important problem?how to get their high-pressure development schedules under control. In RAPID DEVELOPMENT, author Steve McConnell addresses that concern head-on with overall strategies, specific best practices, and valuable tips that help shrink and control development schedules and keep projects moving. Inside, you?ll find: A rapid-development strategy that can be applied to any project and the best practices to make that strategy work Candid discussions of great and not-so-great rapid-development practices?estimation, prototyping, forced overtime, motivation, teamwork, rapid-development languages, risk management, and many others A list of classic mistakes to avoid for rapid-development projects, including creeping requirements, shortchanged quality, and silver-bullet syndrome Case studies that vividly illustrate what can go wrong, what can go right, and how to tell which direction your project is going RAPID DEVELOPMENT is the real-world guide to more efficient applications development. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Renowned Excel experts Bill Jelen (MrExcel) and Tracy Syrstad explain how to build more powerful, reliable, and efficient Excel spreadsheets.   Use this guide to automate virtually any routine Excel task: save yourself hours, days, maybe even weeks. Make Excel do things you thought were impossible, discover macro techniques you won?t find anywhere else, and create automated reports that are amazingly powerful. Bill Jelen and Tracy Syrstad help you instantly visualize information to make it actionable; capture data from anywhere, and use it anywhere; and automate the best new features in Excel 2019 and Excel in Office 365. You?ll find simple, step-by-step instructions, real-world case studies, and 50 workbooks packed with examples and complete, easy-to-adapt solutions.   By reading this book, you will: Quickly master Excel macro developmentWork more efficiently with ranges, cells, and formulasGenerate automated reports and quickly adapt them for new requirementsLearn to automate pivot tables to summarize, analyze, explore, and present dataUse custom dialog boxes to collect data from others using ExcelImprove the reliability and resiliency of your macrosIntegrate data from the internet, Access databases, and other sourcesAutomatically generate charts, visualizations, sparklines, and Word documentsCreate powerful solutions with classes, collections, and custom functionsSolve sophisticated business analysis problems more rapidly   About This Book For everyone who wants to get more done with Microsoft Excel in less timeFor business and financial professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and others who need to efficiently manage and analyze data.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Your hands-on guide to Windows PowerShell scripting fundamentals Expand your expertise--and teach yourself the fundamentals of Windows PowerShell scripting, including features available in Windows PowerShell 5. If you are an IT professional, power user, or consultant, you?ll get the guidance, exercises, and code you need to master core techniques for automating Windows setup, deployment, and management.   Discover how to: Run cmdlets and command-line utilitiesAdminister Windows-based servers and desktops with built-in cmdletsUse providers to access external informationWrite and run scripts from the Windows ISECreate functions that are easy to maintainBuild standardized environments with profilesAutomate Windows systems with WMI, CIM cmdlets, and remotingAutomate Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)Debug scripts and handle errorsRun commands that survive interruptionsUse Desired State Configuration (DSC) to manage software services and their environmentsGet powerful new modules from PowerShell Gallery  About You This book is for: IT professionals and power users who want to get productive with Windows PowerShell, including new features in Windows PowerShell 5Windows system administrators who want to be more efficient and productiveAnyone pursuing Windows PowerShell certifications No experience with Windows PowerShell or other scripting technologies necessary.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. With this full-color, no-nonsense guide, you'll learn the quickest ways to solve a problem or learn a skill with Microsoft Word 2013. Easy-to-follow steps and concise, straightforward language make learning plain and simple.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. With this full-color, no-nonsense guide, you'll learn the quickest ways to solve a problem or learn a skill with Microsoft Word 2013. Easy-to-follow steps and concise, straightforward language make learning plain and simple.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The culmination of 30 years' work, this book examines classical and contemporary theories and conceptions of time. Fraser explores an expansive range of topics: the origins of the universe, the history of timekeeping devices, the biology of ageing and death, human perception of time, dreaming vs waking reality, expectation and memory, scientists' exploration of time in the physical world, and the ways in which technological rhythms control our lives.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Your hands-on guide to Windows PowerShell scripting fundamentals Expand your expertise--and teach yourself the fundamentals of Windows PowerShell scripting, including features available in Windows PowerShell 5. If you are an IT professional, power user, or consultant, you?ll get the guidance, exercises, and code you need to master core techniques for automating Windows setup, deployment, and management.   Discover how to: Run cmdlets and command-line utilitiesAdminister Windows-based servers and desktops with built-in cmdletsUse providers to access external informationWrite and run scripts from the Windows ISECreate functions that are easy to maintainBuild standardized environments with profilesAutomate Windows systems with WMI, CIM cmdlets, and remotingAutomate Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)Debug scripts and handle errorsRun commands that survive interruptionsUse Desired State Configuration (DSC) to manage software services and their environmentsGet powerful new modules from PowerShell Gallery  About You This book is for: IT professionals and power users who want to get productive with Windows PowerShell, including new features in Windows PowerShell 5Windows system administrators who want to be more efficient and productiveAnyone pursuing Windows PowerShell certifications No experience with Windows PowerShell or other scripting technologies necessary. …

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Condition: Very Good. Quickly learn how to get up and running, and do more with your PC, with this fully updated, hands-on guide to the Windows XP operating system. With Step by Step, you work at your own pace through the book's easy-to-follow lessons and skill-building exercises on CD-Rom.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Corporate and commercial software-development teams all want solutions for one important problem?how to get their high-pressure development schedules under control. In RAPID DEVELOPMENT, author Steve McConnell addresses that concern head-on with overall strategies, specific best practices, and valuable tips that help shrink and control development schedules and keep projects moving. Inside, you?ll find: A rapid-development strategy that can be applied to any project and the best practices to make that strategy work Candid discussions of great and not-so-great rapid-development practices?estimation, prototyping, forced overtime, motivation, teamwork, rapid-development languages, risk management, and many others A list of classic mistakes to avoid for rapid-development projects, including creeping requirements, shortchanged quality, and silver-bullet syndrome Case studies that vividly illustrate what can go wrong, what can go right, and how to tell which direction your project is going RAPID DEVELOPMENT is the real-world guide to more efficient applications development. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Corporate and commercial software-development teams all want solutions for one important problem?how to get their high-pressure development schedules under control. In RAPID DEVELOPMENT, author Steve McConnell addresses that concern head-on with overall strategies, specific best practices, and valuable tips that help shrink and control development schedules and keep projects moving. Inside, you?ll find: A rapid-development strategy that can be applied to any project and the best practices to make that strategy work Candid discussions of great and not-so-great rapid-development practices?estimation, prototyping, forced overtime, motivation, teamwork, rapid-development languages, risk management, and many others A list of classic mistakes to avoid for rapid-development projects, including creeping requirements, shortchanged quality, and silver-bullet syndrome Case studies that vividly illustrate what can go wrong, what can go right, and how to tell which direction your project is going RAPID DEVELOPMENT is the real-world guide to more efficient applications development. …

Condition: Very Good. Microsoft Office Access 2003 Step by Step expertly builds your skills. Topics include: building database, linking to data from other Microsoft applications, databases and HTML and XML.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. An authoritative and comprehensive tutorial and reference to C#.

Condition: Good. "MCTS Training Kitt: Implementing & Maintaining SQL Server 2005 Book/CD Package" deals with computers/software.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It?s time to extend the benefits of Scrum?greater agility, higher-quality products, and lower costs?from individual teams to your entire enterprise. However, with Scrum?s lack of prescribed rules, the friction of change can be challenging as people struggle to break from old project management habits. In this book, agile-process revolution leader Ken Schwaber takes you through change management?for your organizational and interpersonal processes?explaining how to successfully adopt Scrum across your entire organization. A cofounder of Scrum, Ken draws from decades of experience, answering your questions through case studies of proven practices and processes. With them, you?ll learn how to adopt?and adapt?Scrum in the enterprise. And gain profound levels of transparency into your development processes. Discover how to: Evaluate the benefits of adopting Scrum in any size organization Initiate an enterprise transition project Implement a single, prioritized Product Backlog Organize effective Scrum teams using a top-down approach Adapt and apply solutions for integrating engineering practices across multiple teams Shorten release times by managing high-value increments Refine your Scrum practices and help reduce the length of Sprints.…