Develop, Deploy, and Sustain High-Performance Virtual Prototyping for Advanced R&DOrganizations must reduce time-to-market, costs, and risks while producing higher-quality products that grow ever more complex. In response, many are turning to advanced software for rapidly creating and analyzing virtual prototypes, and accurately predicting the performance and behavior of the systems they represent. This requires a deep understanding of physics-based digital enginee...

Improve Your Creativity, Effectiveness, and Ultimately, Your CodeIn Modern Software Engineering, continuous delivery pioneer David Farley helps software professionals think about their work more effectively, manage it more successfully, and genuinely improve the quality of their applications, their lives, and the lives of their colleagues.Writing for programmers, managers, and technical leads at all levels of experience, Farley ill...

If you are curious about the basics of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and quantum computing as key enablers for digital transformation and innovation, Digital Fluency is your handy guide. The real-world applications of these cutting-edge technologies are expanding rapidly, and your daily life will continue to be affected by each of them. There is no better time than now to get started and become digitally fluent.You need not have previous knowledge of thes...

The legendary Silicon Valley entrepreneur examines how both business and government organizations can harness the power of disruptive technologies.Tom Siebel, the billionaire technologist and founder of Siebel Systems, discusses how four technologies—elastic cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things—are fundamentally changing how business and government will operate in the 21st century. While this profound and fast-moving transf...

To continuously deliver IT systems at speed with a focus on business value, DevOps teams integrate quality engineering in their way of working. This book supports teams in implementing quality in their DevOps culture, with practical examples, useful knowledge and some theoretical background. For example, it describes how to benefit from a CI/CD pipeline. TMAP is the body of knowledge for quality engineering in IT delivery and builds on practical experience from thousands of people in more ...

An analysis of Traditional Project Management (TPM) is undertaken to identify where the issues are with current projects and a comparison done between TPM and CC. The main body of this ebook is a detailed explanation and critique of Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) and covers the planning stage, how resources are handled, the role of buffers, the importance of monitoring and focus and the execution of CCPM. Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is referenced and the stages o...

Unique insights to implement big data analytics and reap big returns to your bottom lineFocusing on the business and financial value of big data analytics, respected technology journalist Frank J. Ohlhorst shares his insights on the newly emerging field of big data analytics in Big Data Analytics. This breakthrough book demonstrates the importance of analytics, defines the processes, highlights the tangible and intangible values and discusses how you can t...

Deliver bug-free software projects on schedule and within budgetGet a clear, complete understanding of how to estimate software costs, schedules, and quality using the real-world information contained in this comprehensive volume. Find out how to choose the correct hardware and software tools, develop an appraisal strategy, deploy tests and prototypes, and produce accurate software cost estimates. Plus, you'll get full coverage of cutting-edge estimating approaches...

Effectively forecast, manage, and control software across the entire project lifecycleAccurately size, estimate, and administer software projects with real-world guidance from an industry expert. Fully updated to cover the latest tools and techniques, Applied Software Measurement, Third Edition details how to deploy a cost-effective and pragmatic analysis strategy. You will learn how to use function points and baselines, implement benchmarks and tracking s...

Notice: Be sure the version you are buying has the words "Full Color Version" in the title. Other versions are in grayscale.Hardcover in full-color - ISBN 9781680920895Paperback in full-color - ISBN 9781680920901In 1995, the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook (NASA/SP-6105) was initially published to bring the fundamental concepts and techniques of systems engineering to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) personnel in a way that recognized the na...

This book tells you the real reasons behind enterprise system failure that no one else will tell you. It shows how software is a strange land where your physical world common sense just doesn't apply. It reveals the common fallacies regarding enterprise software and shows why they can lead you to bad decisions. It defines NLP (Non Locality and Proportionality) and shows hows this simple software property combines with software entropy (disorder) to create a toxic brew that can destroy your...

The first book devoted to a critically important aspect of disaster planning, management, and mitigationTechnology and Emergency Management, Second Edition describes best practices for technology use in emergency planning, response, recovery, and mitigation. It also describes the key elements that must be in place for technology to enhance the emergency management process. The tools, resources, and strategies discussed have been applied by organizations wo...