Business Software
By Nancy Duarte
Presentation software requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology offers pract...
[Publish Date: August 2008]
The Art of Agile Development, 1st Edition
By James Shore, Chromatic
Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package that they can apply directly. This book provides a g...
[Publish Date: October 2007]
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, 1st Edition
By Richard Monson-Haefel
In this unique technical book, today's leading software architects present valuable principles on key development issues that go way beyond technology. More than four dozen architects -- including Neal Ford, Michael Nygard, and Bill de h ra -- offer...
[Publish Date: February 2009]
The Myths of Innovation, 1st Edition
By Scott Berkun
In The Myths of Innovation, bestselling author Scott Berkun takes a careful look at innovation history, including the software and Internet Age, to reveal how ideas truly become successful innovations-truths that people can apply to today's challenge...
[Publish Date: May 2007]
By Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
What's it like to work on a great software development team facing an impossible problem? How do you build an effective team? Beautiful Teams takes you behind the scenes with some of the most interesting teams in software engineering history. You'll...
[Publish Date: March 2009]
QuickBooks 2008: The Missing Manual, 1st Edition
By Bonnie Biafore
With QuickBooks 2008: The Missing Manual, you don't just learn how to use this popular software, you learn why and when to use specific features. And you get basic accounting advice so that it all makes sense to you along the way. Get more out of Qui...
[Publish Date: December 2007]
Growing Software--New from No Starch Press: A Practical Guide to Managing ...
San Francisco, CA, March 5, 2009—For engineers who suddenly find themselves in charge at a small growing software company, the change in responsibilities can be daunting. With dozens of new responsibilities to juggle and the never-ending pressures...
[Publish Date: March 05, 2009]
By Effective UI, Jonathan Anderson, John McRee, Robb Wilson
Effective UI provides a complete roadmap to building groundbreaking software centered on user experience (UX) quality, how to get management support, employing product management strategies proven to deliver greater success, and how to manage the des...
[Publish Date: February 2010]
A Social Software Adoption Program Accelerates the Business Value of Web ...
By Jeanne Murray
The benefits of Web 2.0 are well documented. Less clear is how to drive adoption once an organization has decided to employ collaborative business practices. Social software adoption is not merely a technology deployment that can be mandated; rather, a social software adoption program must incorporate business validation, include motivation for change, and accommodate existing norms among teams.
[Publish Date: November 16, 2009]
Running a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Business on Rails: RailsConf 2009 - ...
General discussion about both technical and non-technical aspects of running a Software-as-a-Service business which exposes Rails applications to the public.
[Publish Date: May 04, 2009]
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know--New from O'Reilly: ...
--> Sebastopol, CA—Software architects occupy a unique space in the world of IT. They are expected to know the technologies and software platforms on which their organizations run as well as the businesses that they serve. A great software...
[Publish Date: February 11, 2009]
Web 2.0 Goes to Work: How Two Media Companies Implemented Business Social ...
By Ross Mayfield, Dave Burke, Patrick Durando
Organizations shape society more than any force, and social software has demonstrated the ability to create sweeping change throughout the organizational culture. This panel will present strong case studies where successful social software implementations exist, showing how these examples provide a beacon of understanding for companies attempting to implement Web 2.0 technologies.
[Publish Date: November 16, 2009]
