Description: This book could have been called Estimating and Planning Agile Projects. Instead, it??�s called Agile Estimating and Planning. The difference may appear subtle, but it??�s not. The title makes it clear that the estimating and planning processes must themselves be agile. Without agile estimating and planning, we cannot have agile projects.

The book is mostly about planning, which I view as answering the question of ???What should we build and by when???? However, to answer questions about planning we must also address questions of estimating (???How big is this????) and scheduling (???When will this be done???? and ???How much can I have by then????).

Description: As a creative professional or interactive developer, you'll be amazed at the exciting possibilities presented to you by the new features available in Flash 8; but as a busy designer, we know you won't have as much time as you'd like to explore these new additions. Never fear--this book wastes no time looking at timeline basics, tweens, or movie-publishing options--it focuses exclusively on the new Flash 8 features, getting you quickly up to speed with a combination of illustrative tutorials, handy references, and inspirational examples.

Description: Reports are key to a successful software application. It doesn't matter how efficiently the users enter data, how much information the system can store, or how many complicated calculations the system can process if there's no way to see the final outcome. In this reference, software developers are shown how to use every nook and cranny of report writers. Included are fundamentals of using the VFP Report Writer correctly such as starting the report wizard, invoking the report designer, and report bands. Advanced tips are provided as well, including nesting data groups and creating variables and calculations.

Description: Written by the team that developed the software, this tutorial is the definitive resource for scientists, engineers, and other computer users who want to use PVM to increase the flexibility and power of their high-performance computing resources. PVM introduces distributed computing, discusses where and how to get the PVM software, provides an overview of PVM and a tutorial on setting up and running existing programs, and introduces basic programming techniques including putting PVM in existing code. There are program examples and details on how PVM works on UNIX and multiprocessor systems, along with advanced topics (portability, debugging, improving performance) and troubleshooting.

Description: ISDN Explained Worldwide Network and Applications Technology Third Edition John M. Griffiths and the staff at BT Laboratories, UK ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) is now an established communications development and continues to replace modems as a fast transmission mechanism. This significantly updated and expanded third edition of ISDN Explained provides an overview of the principles and applications of ISDN operation and application. Building on the success of the first and second editions, this new version provides more detail on the broadband aspects and adds a complete reference section on the signalling access protocols that control an ISDN connection. Other features in this comprehensive guide include:
??� complete coverage of the increasing number of supplementary services and the embedded data channel
??� useful end of chapter questions with solutions included at the end of the text
??� listing of ISDN terms in French, German and Spanish.

Description: Internet Phone Services Simplified gives you the most basic need-to-know information and then teaches you how to get the most out of your VoIP phone services:

* Understand how broadband VoIP, Internet VoIP, and VoIP Chat services work
* Learn about and compare different services, their advantages, and their limitations
* Subscribe to a service, install equipment, and troubleshoot issues that might arise
* Integrate services into your home, including reusing your existing house telephone wiring and phone handsets
* Extend VoIP throughout your home by using multiline, extendable cordless phone systems
* Take advantage of VoIP features, including virtual phone numbers and listening to voicemail using your computer while traveling

Description: Do you want to push Ruby to its limits? The Ruby Cookbook is the most comprehensive problem-solving guide to today's hottest programming language. It gives you hundreds of solutions to real-world problems, with clear explanations and thousands of lines of code you can use in your own projects.

From data structures and algorithms, to integration with cutting-edge technologies, the Ruby Cookbook has something for every programmer. Beginners and advanced Rubyists alike will learn how to program with:
* Strings and numbers
* Arrays and hashes
* Classes, modules, and namespaces
* Reflection and metaprogramming
* XML and HTML processing
* Ruby on Rails (including Ajax integration)
* Databases
* Graphics
* Internet services like email, SSH, and BitTorrent
* Web services
* Multitasking
* Graphical and terminal interfaces

Description: It's no mystery why InDesign has become the premier page layout program: It offers great tools-not least among them its sophisticated typographic controls. Here to show you how to take advantage of them is the first book devoted solely to that topic. Whether you're a graphics pros migrating from InDesign's long-entrenched competitor QuarkXPress or a hobbyists producing fancy invites and book-length projects, you'll appreciate this guide's finely tuned focus on everything typographic. Realizing that to take full advantage of InDesign's typographic tools, you must understand the principles guiding their use, author Nigel French addresses both the whys and the hows of good typography. Using practical examples, and loads of tips, Nigel provides a comprehensive overview of all of InDesign's type features, including the Paragraph Composer, optical kerning, and its support for OpenType fonts. Starting with character formats and then moving through paragraph formats, styles and effects, and layouts, you'll have gained all the skills they need to produce beautiful type by the end of the volume.