- Accessing IBM's Information Management System
- Apr 22, 2005
- There are two major ways to access IBM's Information Management Systems. You can write application programs that tell IMS what to do, or you can use existing application programs that tell IMS what to do. This chapter explains how to do both of these things.
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- Account Information Databases in Samba-3
- Nov 4, 2005
- Samba-3 implements a new capability to work concurrently with multiple account backends. The possible new combinations of password backends allows Samba-3 a degree of flexibility and scalability that previously could be achieved only with MS Windows Active Directory (ADS). This chapter describes the new functionality and how to get the most out of it.
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- Achieving Agile Software Development with Large Teams
- Oct 3, 2013
- When changing to agile development with a large team, you have to deal with several issues involving people, teams, interactions, and communication structures, as Jutta Eckstein explains in this chapter from Agile Software Development in the Large: Diving Into the Deep.
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- Achieving Robust Designs with Six Sigma: Dependable, Reliable, and Affordable
- Oct 6, 2005
- Developing "best-in-class" robust designs is crucial for creating competitive advantages. Customers want their products to be dependable—"plug-and-play." They also expect them to be reliable—"last a long time." Furthermore, customers are cost-sensible; they anticipate that products will be affordable. Becoming robust means seeking win–win solutions for productivity and quality improvement. This chapter will help you to achieve all of this.
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- Achieving Separation of Concerns Using BPEL
- Jan 25, 2008
- Stephen Morris reviews the idea and merits of separating software features from business processes in the context of BPEL.
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- Acquiring Executive Support for Infrastructure Processes
- Jun 8, 2001
- If senior managers have to approve your infrastructure spending, grab this quick course in understanding and speaking "Management."
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- Acquisitions and ASPs: What's in It for You?
- Mar 9, 2001
- This article profiles application service providers (ASPs) that have strengthened their offerings by acquiring other companies.
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- Active Directory Site Replication Tips
- May 25, 2001
- Active Directory expert Curt Simmons discusses tips for managing Active Directory site replication.
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- Administering IIS Programmatically
- May 11, 2001
- In Microsoft IIS, you'll find tools that help you administer services using scripts or applications. In this chapter, Gerry O'Brien examines the possibilities of administering IIS through .asp script code.
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- Adopting Agile Practices
- Aug 4, 2008
- Which Agile practices should you consider adopting?
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- ADS Technologies NAS Kit Puts Network Attached Storage In Reach of Ordinary Users
- Oct 6, 2005
- Can a mere mortal -- a software guy, even -- accomplish Network Attached Storage on the cheap? The happy answer is, "Sure thing!" Blake Watson walks you through the process with the ADS Technologies NAS Drive Kit.
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- Advanced Object-Oriented Concepts
- Apr 3, 2013
- Matt Weisfeld covers some advanced object-oriented concepts, such as constructors, operator overloading, multiple inheritance, error-handling techniques, and the importance of understanding how scope applies to object-oriented design.
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- Advanced Object-Oriented Concepts
- Dec 19, 2003
- Plenty of introductions teach you about the basics of object oriented programming. Here, you'll learn more advanced topics, including constuctors, error handling, operator overloading, and multiple inheritance.
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- Advantages of User Stories for Requirements
- Oct 8, 2004
- At the surface, user stories appear to have much in common with use cases and traditional requirements statements. However, there are many subtle differences among them and many advantages to user stories, especially for agile development projects.
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- Agile Adoption Cheat Sheet
- Aug 8, 2008
- Thinking of moving to Agile? Use this cheat sheet as a guide.
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- Agile Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from "Waterfalling Backward": Whole Teams
- Nov 15, 2013
- This chapter describes why whole teams experience better communication, productivity, and collective knowledge sharing than traditional silo’d teams. It makes a case for keeping teams intact as well as protecting them from interruption during a product release.
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- Agile Career Development: Enabling Career Advancement
- Aug 26, 2009
- This chapter covered the importance of focusing on career development as an enabler of employee satisfaction and how development of a common career framework and supporting career development process can facilitate employee growth and progression in achieving career goals.
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- Agile Development: Weed or Wildflower?
- Aug 30, 2002
- Despite outward appearances, agile development doesn't mean a return to the days of the cowboy programmer. Learn how agile methods can be implemented in a manner that satisfies the CMM-SW or the CMMI.
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- Agile Documentation: Specification by Example
- Aug 26, 2009
- The Agile outlook has really brought your development team together, but documentation tends to fall by the wayside. Is there a way to 'get it on paper' without dramatically increasing your expenses? Jeff Langr suggests a possibility: automated tests that act as documentation.
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- Agile Game Development with Scrum: Design
- May 26, 2010
- Clinton Keith shows how designers can embrace the benefit of emergent design. No designer has a crystal ball about any mechanic. Instead, they need to ensure that their vision is communicated and open to all potential ideas.
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