Establish business agility in your organization by applying industry-proven scaling strategies from popular Scrum frameworks such as Scrum of Scrums (SoS), Scrum@Scale, Nexus, Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS), Disciplined Agile, and SAFeKey FeaturesBook DescriptionScaled Scrum and Lean-Agile practices provide essential strategies to address large and complex product development challenges not addressed in traditional Scrum. This Scrum/ Lean-Agile handbook prov...

Discover how mastering Lean, Agile, and VSM principles and practices can enhance your product delivery performance, mitigate risk, and foster business agility, giving you a competitive edgeKey FeaturesLearn how to apply Lean practices to eliminate waste and delays, ensuring value for your customersMaster Agile practices to address problems and create value-centric products and servicesExplore VSM methods and tools to identify and prioritize imp...

A practical guide to implementing Value Stream Management to guide your strategic investments in DevOps capabilities and deliver customer-centric value quickly and economicallyKey FeaturesAddress DevOps implementation issues, including culture, toolchain costs, improving work and information flows, and product team alignmentImplement proven VSM methodology to improve IT value stream flowsLeverage VSM platforms to view, analyze, and improve end-...

Nineteen-year-old Hank Fletcher is on his way to pitching a no-hitter against the New York Yankees, only to be confronted by the ghost of his abusive father.

Six-year-old Benjamin Harris is about to have a father for the first time in his life. You see, he’s been in the foster care system ever since he was born. But, today, all that changes, when Raymond Bannister walks through the door. Raymond is an older fellow with a cool car and a warm smile, and he just signed the final paperwork to officially become Ben’s father.Ben says goodbye to foster care, and hello to a new life. That is, until he walks into his new house and the door slams...

BURIED SECRETS will keep you wondering to the very last page. At approximately 2,800 words, this spine-tingling horror tale is guaranteed to make you laugh and squirm, as the young couple realize... they're not alone. About Buried Secrets Max and his wife, Megan, just moved into their new home. It's a charming Victorian, that did not come with the typical Victorian price tag. Sure, it needed some paint thrown on here and there, but soon-...

In 1997, there was Netflix. In 2002, there was Redbox. And in 2006, there were the Dellinger brothers.PIRACY is the story of brothers Tad and Leif Dellinger and their rise to the top, selling pirated movies. Guns, murder, cars, and sex will pave the way in this explosive new book series by author, Gary Cecil.It's Breaking Bad - meth + piracy.About the authorGary Cecil writes short stories and novels--mostly ...

John Reddington always wanted to write a bestselling novel... He had no idea it would be so painful. With the house empty, as his wife and daughter are away at her mother's house in California, John dives straight into a mystery novel he has been working on. As he writes--or thinks, rather--thin, red streaks run down the computer monitor, and lightning flashes and fills the room with blinding light. Then a stranger, wearing a porcelain mask, appea...

At the request of a trusted colleague, ex-soldier Savio Mendes departs for Mexico City with the goal of gathering data on a drug network. When circumstances force him to get involved in locating a runaway family member for the head of the cartel, his role as clandestine observer is compromised. To complicate his already screwed position, Savio soon discovers he’s been directed to undertake a different job than the company authorized. Unsure who to trust and no longer certain who he’s actua...

Eleonora is from a prosperous Jewish family in St Petersburg, but they are reduced from riches to rags by the Russian Revolution of 1917. Luckily she meets an aspiring musician, marries him and is blessed with a son, Felix. She would do anything for her son and when he begins an illegal gay relationship with his soul mate, Eugeny, she is determined to protect them. The 'family' facade she so carefully creates keeps them safe and allows the 'boys' to develop their musical careers, but they ...

Rumors are rife that terrorists will strike at the upcoming G8 summit in Montreal. As security agencies scramble to stop the plot, the Canadian diplomatic team rushes to finalize its preparations for the summit. The last thing they need is Justin West, the boss's obnoxious nephew, who's just looking to have fun. Will his disruptions prove fatal? Or is something else going on?

Catching spies is hard work, so when a deal is struck before a question is even asked of their new prisoner... the director decides to take matters into his own hands.