Lead Agile Transformations that Scale and Succeed across the Entire Organization Most organizational leaders know agility is paramount to survival in a world of unprecedented volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). This is why so many keep attempting Agile transformations even after previous initiatives have failed. But the truth is, both organizations and leaders need new ways of thinking--they need to upgrade their organizational "operating system." Built on the proven Integral Agile Transformation Framework (TM) (IATF), Agile Transformation offers a fresh perspective and systemic approach that can operate on all levels, from individual to enterprise. Learn how to use IATF to combine what you know subjectively ("heart") with what you can measure objectively ("data"). Even if you are already using leadership or culture models, scaled frameworks, or other techniques, IATF helps you place them in context, overcome their limitations, and gain more value from them. As it has in many other organizations, IATF can help you become an authentic Transformational Leader and finally build an organization that is truly Agile. Gain crucial new perspective for leading your Agile transformation: insight into your world, organization, work, and yourself Understand what your current Agile methods do and don't do, how they interact or conflict, and where you need something more Structure existing models and frameworks into an understandable meta-framework Master a unified and practical system for mapping what's going on and what needs to change Discover practical ways to successfully lead both human and organizational aspects of change Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.

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Dieses essential gibt einen UEberblick uber Kunstliche Intelligenz im Handel und zeigt auf, wie mithilfe kunstlicher Intelligenz innovative Dienste fur Kunden entstehen sowie fur unternehmensinterne Prozesse automatisiert werden. Es wird beschrieben, wie Unternehmen Loesungen auf der Basis von Kunstlicher Intelligenz erfolgreich einfuhren koennen. Zu diesem essential gibt es einen erganzenden Band desselben Autors mit konkreten Anwendungen aus der Praxis.

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 17th IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society, I3E 201, held in Kuwait City, Kuwait, in October/November 2018. The 65 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 99 submissions. Topics of interest include, amongst others, the following: social media; information systems; marketing and communications; management and operations; public administration; economics, sociology, and psychology; e-finance, e-banking, and e-accounting; computer science and computer engineering; and teaching and learning.

The medical domain is home to many critical challenges that stand to be overcome with the use of data-driven clinical decision support systems (CDSS), and there is a growing set of examples of automated diagnosis, prognosis, drug design, and testing. However, the current state of AI in medicine has been summarized as "high on promise and relatively low on data and proof." If such problems can be addressed, a data-driven approach will be very important to the future of CDSSs as it simplifies the knowledge acquisition and maintenance process, a process that is time-consuming and requires considerable human effort. Diverse Perspectives and State-of-the-Art Approaches to the Utilization of Data-Driven Clinical Decision Support Systems critically reflects on the challenges that data-driven CDSSs must address to become mainstream healthcare systems rather than a small set of exemplars of what might be possible. It further identifies evidence-based, successful data-driven CDSSs. Covering topics such as automated planning, diagnostic systems, and explainable artificial intelligence, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for medical professionals, healthcare administrators, IT managers, pharmacists, students and faculty of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Dieses Buch zeigt, wie der Handel die richtigen strategischen Weichen stellen und die Moeglichkeiten der Digitalisierung zur Steigerung des Kundenerlebnisses nutzen kann. Ausgewiesene Experten untersuchen die Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung fur Unternehmen und liefern wertvolle Tipps fur die Weiterentwicklung der eigenen Digitalisierungsstrategie im Handel. Die langjahrige Erfahrung und das Expertenwissen der Verfasser werden in der Darstellung erfolgreicher Beispiele, in pragmatischen Ideen und empirischen Forschungsergebnissen deutlich. Der Inhalt* Kundenerlebnis und digitale Innovationen als Treiber erfolgreicher Geschaftsmodelle * Seamless Shopping: komplett, digital, uber alle Kanale hinweg* Die Verzahnung von Online- und Offline-Handel* Mit Virtual Promoter zum Point of Experience* Digitalisierung im Retail After Market* Lieferdienste - Profilierungsmoeglichkeiten im durch die Digitalisierung beeinflussten Handel* Marke, Pricing und Service als Elemente einer Digitalisierungsstrategie Die Herausgeber Prof. Dr. Marc Knoppe lehrt International Retail Management, Strategic Marketing & Innovation Management an der Technischen Hochschule Ingolstadt.Martin Wild ist Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) der MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group

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There has been an increased use of technology in educational settings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the benefits of including such technologies to support education, there is still the need for vigilance to counter the inherent risk that comes with the use of such technologies as the protection of students and their information is paramount to the effective deployment of any technology in education. Current Trends in Cybersecurity and Educational Technology explores the full spectrum of cybersecurity and educational technology today and brings awareness to the recent developments and use cases for emergent educational technology. Covering key topics such as artificial intelligence, gamification, robotics, and online learning, this premier reference source is ideal for computer scientists, industry professionals, policymakers, administrators, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

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Build maintainable, extensible, and virtually indestructible cloud applications on AWS with CDK Key Features * Build complex cloud applications with the revolutionary AWS CDK * Gain practical knowledge of AWS CDK to tame and leverage the powerful toolset of AWS * Practical exercises & architectural design patterns for developing modern serverless application Book Description Cloud applications are getting more complex each day and many toolsets and services have spun up to address some of the challenges proposed by running reliable solutions. Infrastructure as Code alongside containers and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes have been able to solve some of these challenges, and AWS CDK is the first solid attempt for a paradigm shift to build applications that are easy to develop, extend, and maintain. This book will start with setting up basic day to day bread-and-butter type infrastructure while helping you to understand the new prospects that CDK offers. You will then move to setting up pipelines for building CDK applications on the cloud that stand the test of time while sustaining the ease of adding new features. You will also get practical knowledge of container based as well as serverless application development. Further on, you will leverage AWS CDK to build cloud solutions using code instead of configuration files. You will wrap up with current community best practices for solving production issues when dealing with CDK applications. By the end of this book, you will have practical knowledge of CDK, and you will be able to easily tame and leverage the power of AWS with simple code using AWS CDK. What you will learn * Turn current containerized web applications to fully managed solutions * Benefits of building DevOps into everyday code with AWS CDK * Practically uncover the potential of AWS services with CDK * Create a serverless focused local development environment * Self-assemble projects with CI/CD and automated live testing * Follow the complete path of development to product with AWS CDK * Become versed in dealing with production issues through best practices Who This Book Is For This book is targeted towards traditional full stack developers who want to make it to the new world of Infrastructure as Code & serverless, solutions architects that want to learn the advantages of defining their services with AWS CDK, and DevOps specialists who are tired of managing endless configuration files. Readers should not be new to coding and must have experience in web development in languages such as Python, JS, Typescript, Java, etc. along with a basic understanding of how web applications are developed.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 14th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, WEBIST 2018, held in Seville, Spain, in September 2018. The purpose of the WEBIST series of conferences is to bring together researches, engineers and practitioners interested in technological advances and business applications of web-based information systems. The 12 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from originally 68 paper submissions. They cover different aspects of Web information systems, namely internet technology, mobile and NLP information systems, service-based information systems, platforms and eco-systems, Web intelligence and Web interfaces.

Conducting Online Research on Amazon Mechanical Turk (R) and Beyond, written by Leib Litman and Jonathan Robinson, provides both students and experienced researchers with essential information about the online platforms most often used for social science research. This insightful and accessible text answers common questions like, "How do I maintain data quality in online studies?," "What is the best way to recruit hard-to-reach samples?" and "How can researchers navigate the ethical issues that are unique to online research?" Drawing on their experiences as the founders of CloudResearch (formerly TurkPrime), the authors provide information that guides new users planning their first online studies and engages even the most experienced researchers with detailed discussions about the challenges of online research. The book begins with an overview of Amazon's Mechanical Turk and its rapid rise within academic research. Then, the authors describe how to set up an MTurk study with screenshots that walk readers through the steps of creating an account, designing a study, collecting data, and using third-party applications to enhance MTurk's functionality. Later chapters provide readers with a detailed understanding of the MTurk environment and use data from hundreds of thousands of participants and tens of millions of completed tasks to dive into issues like participant demographics, sources of sampling bias, and the generalizability of findings from MTurk. Finally, the book explores the benefits of using other online platforms as a complement to MTurk and the ethical issues that are unique to conducting research with online participant platforms. Throughout the book, the authors share hands-on advice and best practices, such as those for conducting longitudinal studies or carrying out complex studies. Altogether the mix of data, insight, and advice make this book an essential resource for researchers who want to understand the online environment and the most effective ways to conduct research online.

Virtual learning environments offer a novel environment through which teachers can engage students in active learning. Whether through virtual worlds such as Second Life or a custom-designed personal learning environment, together students and teachers can explore new boundaries in education. Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Virtual Learning Environments highlights invaluable research covering the design, development, and evaluation of online learning environments. An essential resource for academics, professionals, corporate trainers and policy makers, this book examines the role of technology enhanced learning in this emerging area.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization, UMAP 2015, held in Dublin, Ireland, in June/July 2015. The 25 long and 7 short papers of the research paper track were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. The papers reflect the conference theme "Contextualizing the World", highlighting the significance and impact of user modeling and adaptive technologies on a large number of everyday application areas such as: intelligent learning environments, recommender systems, e-commerce, advertising, personalized information retrieval and access, digital humanities, e-government, cultural heritage, and personalized health.

Implement modern and agile QA practices to ensure your games are high quality, on budget, and released on time Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Set up a test environment, create test plans, and learn to communicate with developers Discover how to build efficient QA teams either in-house or remotely Increase your chances of career advancement and your employability in the gaming industry Book DescriptionFew things are more annoying for gamers than encountering a buggy new game. This often leads to negative reviews, and in turn, you’ll find that demand for your games declines. The solution lies in better quality assurance (QA) – and Modern Game Testing will show you how to achieve just that. Whether you’re a new tester, developer or producer, the QA testing techniques shown in this book, using modern methodologies and the latest technology, will have you releasing quality games that are on time and, most importantly, on budget. The book begins by introducing you to QA and the various types of tests that are performed on games. You’ll then explore test cases and bug reporting, building tests for different platforms (even consoles and PCs), and LiveOps and test management. As you advance, you’ll build a QA team from scratch and work with remote QA testers. The chapters help you take a more traditional approach to learning lessons, enabling you to examine the modern agile approach and various testing strategies that you can then adopt. All angles are covered with oodles of examples, so you’ll have everything you need to implement QA strategies in your organization. By the end of this book, you’ll have a clear understanding of the modern methodologies of QA testing for games, and be able to build efficient, reliable, and long-lasting QA teams.What you will learn Conduct compliance, regression, and localization tests, among others Build and optimize test sets for testing mobile games Find out how to set up an efficient bug flow Write optimal bug reports that differentiate between priority and severity Pick the optimal testing approach for each phase of game development Discover how to use equivalence partitioning, boundary analysis, and decision tables Master live ops QA and handle live bugs Who this book is forThis book is for game testers, game producers, game developers, testing managers, and other QA professionals who want to learn more about modern approaches to QA and utilizing them to build more efficient and cost-effective QA teams and products. Prior professional testing experience is desirable, either in software or games testing and/or experience working in the gaming industry. Basic familiarity with agile working practices such as scrum is needed to fully understand all the concepts explained in this book.