The move to a new publisher has given The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual the opportunity to recommit to what it does best: present to a wide readership cant-free scholarly articles and essays and searching book reviews, all featuring a wide variety of approaches, written by both seasoned scholars and relative newcomers. Volume 24 features commentary on a range of Johnsonian topics: his reaction to Milton, his relation to the Allen family, his notes in his edition of Shakespear...

Kanban: Step-by-Step Guide to Kanban (Core Practices, Kanban Systems, Full Value Chain, Forecasting with Kanban)s your team always stressed out? Are the priorities set by your management unclear? Are you unsure of what every member of the team is working on? If the answer to any of the above questions is yes, then this book will guide you to success.Kanban is a tool that helps teams and organizations concentrate on work and create a shared focus across different departmen...

Six Sigma: Step-by-Step Guide to Six Sigma (Six Sigma Tools, DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Launching a Project and Implementing Six Sigma)Do you want to improve your business processes and reduce wastage, cut costs, improve quality, and enhance service delivery?Do you want to use Six Sigma to increase productivity in your organization?Do you want to cut costs and boost your bottom line?Are you interested in meeting your customer’s need...

Agile Project Management: Step-by-Step Guide to Agile Project Management (Agile Principles, Agile Software Development, DSDM Atern, Agile Project Scope)There's more than one way to skin a cat, so goes the saying. The same holds true when it comes to managing projects, particularly software development-related ones. There are so many methodologies out in the market place, with each claiming they're better than the others.So it's not possible to point out the single best pr...

Scrum: Step-by-Step Agile Guide to Scrum (Scrum Roles, Scrum Artifacts, Sprint Cycle, User Stories, Scrum Planning)Do you feel inadequate when people in your professional circle rattle off Agile and Scrum concepts and ideas and you have no clue as to what is being discussed?Have you been stumped by the various jargon technicalities used in Scrum processing?Do you feel left out for not having sufficient knowledge of one of the most popular Agile processes used by p...

AGILE: Agile Project Management, Kanban, Scrum, Kaizen (DSDM Atern, Agile Project Scope, Agile Software, Full Value Chain, Forecasting with Kanban, Scrum Roles, Scrum Artifacts, Sprint Cycle)AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENTAGILE VALUES AND PRINCIPLESWHO CAN USE AGILE?AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUESDSDM ATERNROLES IN DSDM PROJECT MANAGEMENTMANAGING SCOPE AND PROCUREMENT WITH AGILEAND MUCH MORE

Pokémon Go is one of those rare worldwide cultural phenomena that comes around once in a generation. Almost overnight, it seemed that half the world was playing the game, while the other half was scoffing at it.Depending on who you ask, the game is either a great way to get people outside, active and social, a complete waste of time or a plot inspired by the devil.In Catch ‘Em All, editor Keith McArthur brings together the very best stories about Pokémon Go from journalists...

Lean Analytics: Manage and Automatize Your Business with Lean Analytics (Data Analytics Made Easy)Improve your profits and cut losses with one simple step – Use the Lean Analytics! One of the latest management principles to use for work and about everything else from marketing to fabrication and analysis, Lean Analytics is more than a mere tool – it is the flow and heartthrob of your manufacturing process or fabrication unit.Created by th...

Bestselling author William Bennett addresses the central social issue of our time—the deline of the family—in a book as intellectually provocative and politically controversial as his landmark The Death of Outrage.Our recent economic prosperity has masked the devastation of the American family, which is now under seige as never before. From the dramatic rise in illegitimacy, divorce, and single parenthood to the call for the recognition of gay marriages, the traditional nu...

Kaizen: The Kaizen Way of Continuous Improvement in Personal and Professional lifeDo you have a nagging feeling that you're made for so much more than what you have now? Do you want to live life to the full and be the most successful person you can be in all the important areas of your life from relationships, to the things you're most passionate about, to your career or business?If your answer to any or all of the questions is a resounding "Yes!" then yo...

Lean Enterprise: Step-by-Step Guide to Lean Enterprise (Lean Concepts, Lean Tools, Lean Thinking, and How to Foster Innovation and Validate New Ideas Through Lean)Do you have a lot of redundant processes in your system? Do you think that your team works on several processes but is unable to satisfy the customer? Does your team have an understanding of the process but does not know why a particular process is done? If you think the answer to any of the above questions is a yes, yo...

Although many developments surrounding the Internet campaign are now considered to be standard fare, there were a number of new developments in 2016. Drawing on original research conducted by leading experts, The Internet and the 2016 Presidential Campaign attempts to cover these developments in a comprehensive fashion. How are campaigns making use of the Internet to organize and mobilize their ground game? To communicate their message? The book also examines how citizens made use of onlin...