Gojko Adzic

David Evans

This book will help you write better stories, spot and fix common issues, split stories so that they are smaller but still valuable, and deal with difficult stuff like crosscutting concerns, long-term effects and non-functional requirements. Above all, this book will help you achieve the promise of agile and iterative delivery: to ensure that the right stuff gets delivered through productive discussions between delivery team members and business stakeholders. Who is this book for? This is a book for anyone working in an iterative delivery environment, doing planning with user stories. The ideas in this book are useful both to people relatively new to user stories and those who have been working with them for years. People who work in software delivery, regardless of their role, will find plenty of tips for engaging stakeholders better and structuring iterative plans more effectively. Business stakeholders working with software teams will discover how to provide better information to their delivery groups, how to set better priorities and how to outrun the competition by achieving more with less software. What's inside? Unsurprisingly, the book contains exactly fifty ideas. They are grouped into five major parts: - Creating stories: This part deals with capturing information about stories before they get accepted into the delivery pipeline. You'll find ideas about what kind of information to note down on story cards and how to quickly spot potential problems. - Planning with stories: This part contains ideas that will help you manage the big-picture view, set milestones and organise long-term work. - Discussing stories: User stories are all about effective conversations, and this part contains ideas to improve discussions between delivery teams and business stakeholders. You'll find out how to discover hidden assumptions and how to facilitate effective conversations to ensure shared understanding. - Splitting stories: The ideas in this part will help you deal with large and difficult stories, offering several strategies for dividing them into smaller chunks that will help you learn fast and deliver value quickly. - Managing iterative delivery: This part contains ideas that will help you work with user stories in the short and mid term, manage capacity, prioritise and reduce scope to achieve the most with the least software. About the authors: Gojko Adzic is a strategic software delivery consultant who works with ambitious teams to improve the quality of their software products and processes. Gojko's book Specification by Example was awarded the #2 spot on the top 100 agile books for 2012 and won the Jolt Award for the best book of 2012. In 2011, he was voted by peers as the most influential agile testing professional, and his blog won the UK agile award for the best online publication in 2010. David Evans is a consultant, coach and trainer specialising in the field of Agile Quality. David helps organisations with strategic process improvement and coaches teams on effective agile practice. He is regularly in demand as a conference speaker and has had several articles published in international journals.

Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories

Tom Roden

This book is for cross-functional teams working in an iterative delivery environment, planning with user stories and testing frequently changing software under tough time pressure. This book will help you test your software better, easier and faster. Many of these ideas also help teams engage their business stakeholders better in defining key expectations and improve the quality of their software products.

Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your Tests

Scott Michaels

When a small company of jobbing actors set out on the very first production of The Rocky Horror Show at the Royal Court Theatre on the Kings Road, London, in 1973, no one could have realised what a world-wide phenomenon it would become. Initially receiving mixed reviews, the stage show would enjoy a short life, but the subsequent film would steadily build a cult student following, filling hundreds of cinemas on a weekly basis, and gaining huge video sales. Now, in the 25th anniversary of the making of the infamous movie starring Tim Curry, Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick, we find out what went on behind the scenes from those who were there. This celebration of Transylvanian proportions brings the true fan completely up to date, interviewing the main stars of stage and screen productions, describing how each evolved, the good times, the squabbles, the tantrums, the jealously and the greed as Rocky Horror made a special piece of history.

From Concept to Cult

Rocky Horror

B. A. Morton

Jim Ody

Anita Waller

A. S. King

Louise Jensen

April Taylor

Nick Jackson

Betsy Reavley

Ross Greenwood

Lucy V. Hay

Lisa Hall

Alex Shaw

Tara Lyons

S.E. Lynes

Alex Walters

A.J. Sendall

Charlie Flowers

Jane E. James

Paul D. Brazill

Paul Gitsham

Stephen Edger

Pete Adams

Emma Pullar

Bernie Steadman

Richard T. Burke

Tony R. Cox

JT Lawrence

Ron Nicholson

KA Richardson

L J Ross

Joel Hames

Simon Maltman

Steve Dunne

Peter Best

Tess Makovesky

M.A. Comley

Roz White

Mark L. Fowler

Hannah Haq

Jenna-Leigh Golding

Dark Minds

Examines the processes of compostion, learning, and performance used by Southern black folk blues singers.

Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues

Big Road Blues

Andy Hopkins

Women in Business

David Minns

QUEEN lost not only a singer when Freddie Mercury died in 1991. Freddie's friends lost Freddie. In this biographical volume of memories, Freddie Mercury's life is celebrated, remembered and recounted by a collection of his closest friends, lovers, collaborators and colleagues.

The Tale of Freddie Mercury

This was the Real Life

FREDDIE MERCURY - What He Left Behind

Geçen hafta pişirdiğiniz brokolinin kalanı hâlâ dolapta mı duruyor? Bu hafta yaptığınız mutfak alışverişinden kalan, bozulmaya yüz tutmuş meyve ve sebzeler dolabı her açtığınızda üzgün üzgün size mi bakıyor? Yalnız değilsiniz. Yemek yaparken atık üretmeme konusunda ne kadar hassas davranırsak davranalım, çoğu zaman bunu başaramıyoruz. Marketteki ürünler belli porsiyonlarda paketlendiği için, pişireceğimiz yemeğin gerektirdiğinden daha fazla ürünle eve dönmek zorunda kalabiliyoruz. Ayrıca yemeğin ev halkı tarafından beğenilmesi ve sağlıklı olması arasında da bir denge kurmaya çalışıyoruz. Bu sürecin sonunda yenebilir durumdaki gıdaların toprakta, üreticide başlayan yolculuğu çöp kutumuzda son buluyor. David Evans pek çoğumuzun ortak problemi haline gelen atık meselesini merkeze koyduğu araştırmasının sonuçlarını, çeşitli antropolog ve sosyologların teorileriyle harmanladığı bu kitap aracılığıyla okuyucuya sunuyor. Ayrıca Evans gıdayı gıda olmaktan çıkaran, onu “atmaya hazır” hale getiren sebepleri araştırarak, onları tekrar yenebilir hale getirme ihtimalini inceliyor. “Sıfır Atık: Tüketim Kültürü ve Gıda İsrafı” kitabı kapalı kapıları aralıyor, insanların evine ve hayatına müdahil olarak gıdanın fazlalık ve atık olma rotasını eleştirel bir bakışla ortaya koyuyor. Eğer siz de daha az atık oluşturmayı amaçlıyor ama nereden ve nasıl başlayacağınızı bilmiyorsanız, bu kitap tam size göre.

Sıfır Atık: Tüketim Kültürü ve Gıda İsrafı

ppropriation, edited by David Evans, is one of a series documenting major themes and ideas in contemporary art. Many influential artists today draw on a legacy of 'stealing' images and forms from other makers. The term appropriation is particularly associated with the 'Pictures' generation, centred on New York in the 1980s; this anthology provides a far wider context. Historically, it reappraises a diverse lineage of precedents - from the Dadaist readymade to Situationist detournement - while contemporary 'art after appropriation' is considered from multiple perspectives within a global context.

Appropriation

جنگ جهانی اول

At the age of six, doctors diagnosed author David Evans with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Evans was missing exon number fifty and his body could not produce dystrophin, which is what holds a person's muscle fibers together and protects against muscle deterioration. It causes progressive weakness in all body parts and limbs. Evans faced a lifetime of challenges and struggles. In The Angelic Writer, he shares a collection of stories from his life discussing how he tries to maintain a positive outlook, how he enjoys spending time with friends, and how he won't let his medical condition stop him from reaching his dreams. It narrates how Evans' father investigated ways to heal his son to help him lead a fulfilling and meaningful life. The Angelic Writer tells the story of a young man, his special spiritual gift, and how this has taken him further in life--opening a world of other dimensions and introducing important angelic guidance.

The Angelic Writer

Big Road Blues by David Evans delves into the often overlooked processes of folk blues tradition and composition, offering a groundbreaking study that reveals the intricate dynamics behind the evolution of this influential genre. Through extensive folkloristic fieldwork, Evans explores the oral traditions of blues singers, tracing how songs are transmitted, learned, and reimagined across generations. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of both the traditional and creative aspects of blues composition, filling a crucial gap in the field of blues research. Evans focuses on the local tradition of blues in southern black communities, particularly examining the blues tradition in Drew, Mississippi, and its influential musicians like Tommy Johnson and Charley Patton. By correlating fieldwork data with historical recordings, Big Road Blues offers insights into how blues songs have evolved, reflecting both the folk and popular ends of the musical spectrum. This book is an essential read for scholars, folklorists, and anyone interested in the rich cultural heritage of folk blues. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

Peter Green

Derrick Morris

Colin Theaker

This book addresses issues concerning the engineering of system prod ucts that make use of computing technology. These systems may be prod ucts in their own right, for example a computer, or they may be the computerised control systems inside larger products, such as factory automation systems, transportation systems and vehicles, and personal appliances such as portable telephones. In using the term engineering the authors have in mind a development process that operates in an integrated sequence of steps, employing defined techniques that have some scientific basis. Furthermore we expect the operation of the stages to be subject to controls and standards that result in a product fit for its intended purpose, both in the hands of its users and as a business venture. Thus the process must take account of a wide range of requirements relating to function, cost, size, reliabili ty and so on. It is more difficult to define the meaning of computing technology. These days this involves much more than computers and software. For example, many tasks that might be performed by software running in a general purpose computer can also be performed directly by the basic technology used to construct a computer, namely digital hardware. However, hardware need not always be digital; we live in an analogue world, hence analogue signals appear on the boundaries of our systems and it can sometimes be advantageous to allow them to penetrate further.

Object Oriented Computer Systems Engineering

John A. Bryant

Katja Graumann

This timely volume brings together expert reviews of the recentsignificant advances in our knowledge and understanding of theorganisation of the higher plant nucleus, and in particular in therelationship between nuclear organisation and the regulation ofgene expression. Rapid progress has been made in a number of keyareas over the last five years, including description andcharacterization of proteins of the nuclear envelope and nuclearpore complex, novel insights into nucleoskeletal structures, aswell as developments related to chromatin organization, functionand gene expression. These advances open the way for new researchinto areas such as stress tolerance, plant-pathogen interactionsand ultimately crop improvement and food security. Continuedresearch into plant nuclear structure, genome architecture and generegulation also enriches our understanding of the origin andevolution of the nucleus and its envelope. Edited by world-class researchers in plant cell biology, andcomprising contributions from internationally-renowned academics,this latest volume in the prestigious Annual Plant Reviews seriesbrings together a wealth of knowledge in the burgeoning field ofplant nuclear structure and genetics. Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 46: Plant Nuclear Structure,Genome Architecture and Gene Regulation is a vitalresource for advanced students, researchers and professionals inplant science and related disciplines. Libraries in all researchestablishments where plant science, biochemistry, molecularbiology, genetics and genomics and agricultural science are taughtand studied will find this excellent volume an essential additionto their shelf.

Annual Plant Reviews, Plant Nuclear Structure, Genome Architecture and Gene Regulation

This compilation of essays takes the study of the blues to a welcome new level. Distinguished scholars and well-established writers from such diverse backgrounds as musicology, anthropology, musicianship, and folklore join together to examine blues as literature, music, personal expression, and cultural product. Ramblin' on My Mind contains pieces on Ella Fitzgerald, Son House, and Robert Johnson; on the styles of vaudeville, solo guitar, and zydeco; on a comparison of blues and African music; on blues nicknames; and on lyric themes of disillusionment. Contributors are Lynn Abbott, James Bennighof, Katharine Cartwright, Andrew M. Cohen, David Evans, Bob Groom, Elliott Hurwitt, Gerhard Kubik, John Minton, Luigi Monge, and Doug Seroff.

New Perspectives on the Blues

Ramblin' on My Mind

Hugh Dixon

Historic Buildings, Groups of Buildings, Areas of Architectural Importance in the Vicinity of the Queen's University of Belfast

This volume, also available as part of the collection "Geomorphology: Critical Concepts in Geography" constitutes an instant archive of esential benchmark papers and makes available in one place key published material on its area..

Arid Land Geom: Geom Crit Conc

Andrew Lack

Instant Notes in Plant Biology covers all aspects of modern plant biology. The scope and depth of this text are suitable for a first and second year undergraduate student of plant biology, including molecular biologists and biotechnologists.

BIOS Instant Notes in Plant Biology

Javier Luque

Barbara Bruns

An evaluation of Brazil's educational policies and the advances in basic education over the past 15 years as well as recommendations for future advances.

The Next Agenda

Achieving World-Class Education in Brazil

David Evans

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