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ISBN: 9781119203278 , 1119203279 , 9781118228548 , 1118228545

Content: "A radical approach to getting IT projects done faster and cheaper than anyone thinks possibleSoftware in 30 Days summarizes the Agile and Scrum software development method, which allows creation of game-changing software, in just 30 days. Projects that use it are three times more successful than those that don't. Software in 30 Days is for the business manager, the entrepreneur, the product development manager, or IT manager who wants to develop software better and faster than they now believe possible. Learn how this unorthodox process works, how to get started, and how to succeed. Control risk, manage projects, and have your people succeed with simple but profound shifts in the thinking. The authors explain powerful concepts such as the art of the possible, bottom-up intelligence, and why it's good to fail early--all with no risk greater than thirty days. The productivity gain vs traditional "waterfall" methods has been over 100% on many projects Author Ken Schwaber is a co-founder of the Agile software movement, and co-creator, with Jeff Sutherland, of the "Scrum" technique for building software in 30 days Coauthor Jeff Sutherland was cosigner of the Agile Manifesto, which marked the start of the Agile movement Software in 30 Days is a must-read for all managers and business owners who use software in their organizations or in their products and want to stop the cycle of slow, expensive software development. Programmers will want to buy copies for their managers and their customers so they will know how to collaborate to get the best work possible"--

Note: Includes index. , Machine generated contents note: Section I: Why Every Business In The World Can Produce Software In Thirty Days This sections reviews how many organization struggle to develop software and how Software in Thirty Day's approach can eliminate the underlying problem. Chapter 1: The Crisis in Software: The Wrong Process Produces The Wrong Results Find out why so many software projects fail and why traditional methods are ill-suited to software development. Chapter 2: Scrum: The Right Process Produces the Right Results Understand the shift in thinking necessary to eliminate software project failure and deliver software in 30 days. Chapter 3: Try It Yourself: The Pilot You are interested. Learn how to run a pilot project that will successfully help you determine what to do next. Chapter 4: What Can I Do? Learn what you, as a manager, can do to make Software in 30 Days successful. Section II: Why Every Business In The World Can Produce Software In Thirty Days This section address how you can implement and embed Software in Thirty Days in your organization. Chapter 5: Getting Started with Scrum Understand how Scrum works. Chapter 6: Scrum at the Project Level Learn how to launch Scrum on a single project. Chapter 7: Develop a Scrum Capability Learn how to develop a Scrum capability in your organization. Chapter 8: Scrum at the Enterprise Level Consider spreading Scrum throughout the enterprise. Appendices 1: Terminology Look up terminology used in this book 2: Scrum Guide Read the canonical guide to Scrum 3: A Playbook for Achieving Enterprise Agility A Scrum enterprise adoption playbook in use since 1995. , Section I. Why Every Business in the World Can Produce Software in 30 Days -- Section II. How to Produce Software in 30 Days. , Introduction -- , Why Every Business in the World Can Produce Software in 30 Days -- , The Crisis in Software: The Wrong Process Produces the Wrong Results -- , Scrum: The Right Process Produces the Right Results -- , Try It Yourself: The Pilot -- , What Can I Do? -- , How to Produce Software in 30 Days -- , Getting Started with Scrum -- , Scrum at the Project Level -- , Develop a Scrum Capability -- , Scrum at the Enterprise Level -- , Enterprise Transformation: Profound and Persistent Change -- , Scrumming Scrum -- , Appendix 1: Terminology -- , Appendix 2: The Scrum Guide -- , Appendix 3: A Playbook for Achieving Enterprise Agility.

Additional Edition: Print version: Schwaber, Ken. Software in 30 days. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012 ISBN 9781118129593

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books.

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119203278

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119203278

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 441 Seiten).

ISBN: 978-1-119-20519-7 , 978-1-118-22496-0 , 978-1-118-23841-7 , 978-1-118-26304-4

Series Statement: Wiley finance series

Content: "A unique perspective on applied investment theory and risk management from the Senior Risk Officer of a major pension fundInvestment Theory and Risk Management is a practical guide to today's investment environment. The book's sophisticated quantitative methods are examined by an author who uses these methods at the Virginia Retirement System and teaches them at the Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to showing how investment performance can be evaluated, using Jensen's Alpha, Sharpe's Ratio, and DDM, he delves into four types of optimal portfolios (one that is fully invested, one with targeted returns, another with no short sales, and one with capped investment allocations). In addition, the book provides valuable insights on risk, and topics such as anomalies, factor models, and active portfolio management. Other chapters focus on private equity, structured credit, optimal rebalancing, data problems, and Monte Carlo simulation. Contains investment theory and risk management spreadsheet models based on the author's own real-world experience with stock, bonds, and alternative assets Offers a down-to-earth guide that can be used on a daily basis for making common financial decisions with a new level of quantitative sophistication and rigor Written by the Director of Research and Senior Risk Officer for the Virginia Retirement System and an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Business Investment Theory and Risk Management empowers both the technical and non-technical reader with the essential knowledge necessary to understand and manage risks in any corporate or economic environment"--

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Festeinband ISBN 978-1-118-12959-3

Language: English

Subjects: Economics

Keywords: Investitionstheorie ; Kapitalanlage ; Finanzanalyse ; Portfoliomanagement ; Risikomanagement ; Agile Softwareentwicklung ; Scrum ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books.

DOI: 10.1002/9781119205197

URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119205197

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119205197

UID:

Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781119203278 , 1119203279 , 9781118228548 , 1118228545

Content: "A radical approach to getting IT projects done faster and cheaper than anyone thinks possibleSoftware in 30 Days summarizes the Agile and Scrum software development method, which allows creation of game-changing software, in just 30 days. Projects that use it are three times more successful than those that don't. Software in 30 Days is for the business manager, the entrepreneur, the product development manager, or IT manager who wants to develop software better and faster than they now believe possible. Learn how this unorthodox process works, how to get started, and how to succeed. Control risk, manage projects, and have your people succeed with simple but profound shifts in the thinking. The authors explain powerful concepts such as the art of the possible, bottom-up intelligence, and why it's good to fail early--all with no risk greater than thirty days. The productivity gain vs traditional "waterfall" methods has been over 100% on many projects Author Ken Schwaber is a co-founder of the Agile software movement, and co-creator, with Jeff Sutherland, of the "Scrum" technique for building software in 30 days Coauthor Jeff Sutherland was cosigner of the Agile Manifesto, which marked the start of the Agile movement Software in 30 Days is a must-read for all managers and business owners who use software in their organizations or in their products and want to stop the cycle of slow, expensive software development. Programmers will want to buy copies for their managers and their customers so they will know how to collaborate to get the best work possible"--

Note: Includes index. , Machine generated contents note: Section I: Why Every Business In The World Can Produce Software In Thirty Days This sections reviews how many organization struggle to develop software and how Software in Thirty Day's approach can eliminate the underlying problem. Chapter 1: The Crisis in Software: The Wrong Process Produces The Wrong Results Find out why so many software projects fail and why traditional methods are ill-suited to software development. Chapter 2: Scrum: The Right Process Produces the Right Results Understand the shift in thinking necessary to eliminate software project failure and deliver software in 30 days. Chapter 3: Try It Yourself: The Pilot You are interested. Learn how to run a pilot project that will successfully help you determine what to do next. Chapter 4: What Can I Do? Learn what you, as a manager, can do to make Software in 30 Days successful. Section II: Why Every Business In The World Can Produce Software In Thirty Days This section address how you can implement and embed Software in Thirty Days in your organization. Chapter 5: Getting Started with Scrum Understand how Scrum works. Chapter 6: Scrum at the Project Level Learn how to launch Scrum on a single project. Chapter 7: Develop a Scrum Capability Learn how to develop a Scrum capability in your organization. Chapter 8: Scrum at the Enterprise Level Consider spreading Scrum throughout the enterprise. Appendices 1: Terminology Look up terminology used in this book 2: Scrum Guide Read the canonical guide to Scrum 3: A Playbook for Achieving Enterprise Agility A Scrum enterprise adoption playbook in use since 1995. , Section I. Why Every Business in the World Can Produce Software in 30 Days -- Section II. How to Produce Software in 30 Days. , Introduction -- , Why Every Business in the World Can Produce Software in 30 Days -- , The Crisis in Software: The Wrong Process Produces the Wrong Results -- , Scrum: The Right Process Produces the Right Results -- , Try It Yourself: The Pilot -- , What Can I Do? -- , How to Produce Software in 30 Days -- , Getting Started with Scrum -- , Scrum at the Project Level -- , Develop a Scrum Capability -- , Scrum at the Enterprise Level -- , Enterprise Transformation: Profound and Persistent Change -- , Scrumming Scrum -- , Appendix 1: Terminology -- , Appendix 2: The Scrum Guide -- , Appendix 3: A Playbook for Achieving Enterprise Agility.

Additional Edition: Print version: Schwaber, Ken. Software in 30 days. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012 ISBN 9781118129593

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119203278

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Format: 1 online resource.

ISBN: 9781118224960 , 1118224965 , 9781118238417 , 1118238419 , 9781118263044 , 1118263049 , 9781119205197 , 1119205190 , 1118129598 , 9781118129593

Series Statement: Wiley finance

Content: "A unique perspective on applied investment theory and risk management from the Senior Risk Officer of a major pension fundInvestment Theory and Risk Management is a practical guide to today's investment environment. The book's sophisticated quantitative methods are examined by an author who uses these methods at the Virginia Retirement System and teaches them at the Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to showing how investment performance can be evaluated, using Jensen's Alpha, Sharpe's Ratio, and DDM, he delves into four types of optimal portfolios (one that is fully invested, one with targeted returns, another with no short sales, and one with capped investment allocations). In addition, the book provides valuable insights on risk, and topics such as anomalies, factor models, and active portfolio management. Other chapters focus on private equity, structured credit, optimal rebalancing, data problems, and Monte Carlo simulation. Contains investment theory and risk management spreadsheet models based on the author's own real-world experience with stock, bonds, and alternative assets Offers a down-to-earth guide that can be used on a daily basis for making common financial decisions with a new level of quantitative sophistication and rigor Written by the Director of Research and Senior Risk Officer for the Virginia Retirement System and an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Business Investment Theory and Risk Management empowers both the technical and non-technical reader with the essential knowledge necessary to understand and manage risks in any corporate or economic environment"--

Note: Includes index. , Cover; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Discount Rates and Returns; Estimating Returns; Geometric and Arithmetic Averages; Caveats to Return Extrapolation; Discounting Present Values of Cash Flow Streams; Internal Rate of Return and Yield to Maturity; Real and Nominal Returns; Summary; Chapter 2: Fixed Income Securities; Coupon-Bearing Bonds; Infinite Cash Flow Streams (Perpetuities); General Pricing Formulas for Finite Cash Flow Streams; Interest Rate Risk; Analysis of Duration; Interest Rate Risk Dynamics; Immunization and Duration.

Additional Edition: Print version: Peterson, Steven P. Investment theory and risk management + website Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012 ISBN 9781118129593 (hardback)

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119205197

UID:

Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 441 Seiten).

ISBN: 978-1-119-20519-7 , 978-1-118-22496-0 , 978-1-118-23841-7 , 978-1-118-26304-4

Series Statement: Wiley finance series

Content: "A unique perspective on applied investment theory and risk management from the Senior Risk Officer of a major pension fundInvestment Theory and Risk Management is a practical guide to today's investment environment. The book's sophisticated quantitative methods are examined by an author who uses these methods at the Virginia Retirement System and teaches them at the Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to showing how investment performance can be evaluated, using Jensen's Alpha, Sharpe's Ratio, and DDM, he delves into four types of optimal portfolios (one that is fully invested, one with targeted returns, another with no short sales, and one with capped investment allocations). In addition, the book provides valuable insights on risk, and topics such as anomalies, factor models, and active portfolio management. Other chapters focus on private equity, structured credit, optimal rebalancing, data problems, and Monte Carlo simulation. Contains investment theory and risk management spreadsheet models based on the author's own real-world experience with stock, bonds, and alternative assets Offers a down-to-earth guide that can be used on a daily basis for making common financial decisions with a new level of quantitative sophistication and rigor Written by the Director of Research and Senior Risk Officer for the Virginia Retirement System and an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Business Investment Theory and Risk Management empowers both the technical and non-technical reader with the essential knowledge necessary to understand and manage risks in any corporate or economic environment"--

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Festeinband ISBN 978-1-118-12959-3

Language: English

Subjects: Economics

Keywords: Investitionstheorie ; Kapitalanlage ; Finanzanalyse ; Portfoliomanagement ; Risikomanagement ; Agile Softwareentwicklung ; Scrum

DOI: 10.1002/9781119205197

URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)