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Agile Project Management, Assurance and Auditing - A practical
guide for auditors, reviewers and project teamsProject managers are
under increasing pressure to deliver more with less time and fewer
resources. The pace of change is relentless, with technological
opportunities far beyond what we imagined a decade ago. Adopting
the Agile methodology helps organisations develop the flexibility
and adaptability necessary in such fast-paced environments.Agile
can be frightening, as it represents a completely different
approach from other project management methodologies that an
organisation may be used to, and also changes the project audit and
review processes. Using Agile for non-IT projects - such as the
introduction of new products, refurbishing retail outlets, and even
planning and running audits - means that general auditors and other
reviewers, as well as IT specialist auditors are now having to
understand Agile practices. This guide provides an overview of
Agile for auditors, reviewers and project teamsThis guide discusses
the following: What are the Agile project management audit
objectives? What risks are covered by each objective? What controls
can we expect and how can these be audited? Case studies
illustrating Agile project initiation and high-level requirements.
Hints and tips for performing an audit review. For experienced
auditors and project management teams, this guide demonstrates how
they can adapt and reuse audit skills that they may have gained
during traditional waterfall, CCTA Risk Analysis and Management
Method (CRAMM) or PRINCE2(R) implementation/audits. For those less
experienced, it will encourage them to consider some of these good
practices and their application to Agile audits. An ideal
introduction to Agile project management for auditors, project
managers, Agile teams and students.
Contemporary Art and Anthropology takes a new and exciting approach
to representational practices within contemporary art and
anthropology. Traditionally, the anthropology of art has tended to
focus on the interpretation of tribal artifacts but has not
considered the impact such art could have on its own ways of making
and presenting work. The potential for the contemporary art scene
to suggest innovative representational practices has been similarly
ignored. This book challenges the reluctance that exists within
anthropology to pursue alternative strategies of research, creation
and exhibition, and argues that contemporary artists and
anthropologists have much to learn from each others' practices. The
contributors to this pioneering book consider the work of artists
such as Susan Hiller, Francesco Clemente and Rimer Cardillo, and in
exploring topics such as the possibility of shared representational
values, aesthetics and modernity, and tattooing, they suggest
productive new directions for practices in both fields.
This timely book offers the first critical examination of World
Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade. The
World Bank is viewed as one of the most powerful international
organizations of our time. The authors critically analyze the
influence of the institution's policy and engagement during the
past decade in a variety of issue areas, including human rights,
domestic reform, and the environment. The World Bank and Governance
delves into the bowels of the World Bank, exploring its
organizational structure, professional culture and bureaucratic
procedures, illustrating how these shape its engagement with an
increasingly complex, diverse and challenging operational
environment. The book includes chapters on two under-researched
divisions of the World Bank: the International Finance Corporation
and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. Several
illuminating country studies are also included, analyzing the World
Bank's activities in Argentina, Bolivia, Lebanon, Hungary and
Vietnam. This volume will be of great interest to students and
scholars of international relations, development, politics and
economics.
Anthropology and Art Practice takes an innovative look at new
experimental work informed by the newly-reconfigured relationship
between the arts and anthropology. This practice-based and visual
work can be characterised as 'art-ethnography'. In engaging with
the concerns of both fields, this cutting-edge study tackles
current issues such as the role of the artist in collaborative
work, and the political uses of documentary. The book focuses on
key works from artists and anthropologists that engage with
'art-ethnography' and investigates the processes and strategies
behind their creation and exhibition.The book highlights the work
of a new generation of practitioners in this hybrid field, such as
Anthony Luvera, Kathryn Ramey, Brad Butler and Karen Mirza, Kate
Hennessy and Jennifer Deger, who work in a diverse range of media -
including film, photography, sound and performance. Anthropology
and Art Practice suggests a series of radical challenges to
assumptions made on both sides of the art/anthropology divide and
is intended to inspire further dialogue and provide essential
reading for a wide range of students and practitioners.
Between Art and Anthropology provides new and challenging arguments
for considering contemporary art and anthropology in terms of
fieldwork practice. Artists and anthropologists share a set of
common practices that raise similar ethical issues, which the
authors explore in depth for the first time. The book presents a
strong argument for encouraging artists and anthropologists to
learn directly from each other's practices 'in the field'. It goes
beyond the so-called 'ethnographic turn' of much contemporary art
and the 'crisis of representation' in anthropology, in productively
exploring the implications of the new anthropology of the senses,
and ethical issues, for future art-anthropology collaborations. The
contributors to this exciting volume consider the work of artists
such as Joseph Beuys, Suzanne Lacy, Marcus Coates, Cameron Jamie,
and Mohini Chandra. With cutting-edge essays from a range of key
thinkers such as acclaimed art critic Lucy R. Lippard, and
distinguished anthropologists George E. Marcus and Steve Feld,
Between Art and Anthropology will be essential reading for
students, artists and scholars across a number of fields.
This timely book offers the first critical examination of World
Bank policy reforms and initiatives during the past decade. The
World Bank is viewed as one of the most powerful international
organizations of our time. The authors critically analyze the
influence of the institution's policy and engagement during the
past decade in a variety of issue areas, including human rights,
domestic reform, and the environment. The World Bank and Governance
delves into the bowels of the World Bank, exploring its
organizational structure, professional culture and bureaucratic
procedures, illustrating how these shape its engagement with an
increasingly complex, diverse and challenging operational
environment. The book includes chapters on two under-researched
divisions of the World Bank: the International Finance Corporation
and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. Several
illuminating country studies are also included, analyzing the World
Bank's activities in Argentina, Bolivia, Lebanon, Hungary and
Vietnam. This volume will be of great interest to students and
scholars of international relations, development, politics and
economics.
Contemporary Art and Anthropology takes a new and exciting approach
to representational practices within contemporary art and
anthropology. Traditionally, the anthropology of art has tended to
focus on the interpretation of tribal artifacts but has not
considered the impact such art could have on its own ways of making
and presenting work. The potential for the contemporary art scene
to suggest innovative representational practices has been similarly
ignored. This book challenges the reluctance that exists within
anthropology to pursue alternative strategies of research, creation
and exhibition, and argues that contemporary artists and
anthropologists have much to learn from each others' practices. The
contributors to this pioneering book consider the work of artists
such as Susan Hiller, Francesco Clemente and Rimer Cardillo, and in
exploring topics such as the possibility of shared representational
values, aesthetics and modernity, and tattooing, they suggest
productive new directions for practices in both fields.
The church in the West is rediscovering the fact that God cares deeply for the poor. More and more, churches and individual Christians are looking for ways to practice economic discipleship, but it's hard to make progress when we are blind to our own entanglement in our culture's idolatrous economic beliefs and practices.
Practicing the King's Economy cuts through much confusion and invites Christians to take their place within the biblical story of the "King Jesus Economy." Through eye-opening true stories of economic discipleship in action, and with a solid exploration of six key biblical themes, the authors offer practical ways for God's people to earn, invest, spend, compensate, save, share, and give in ways that embody God's love and provision for the world.
Foreword by Christopher J. H. Wright.
Mergers and acquisitions - are you getting an IT asset or
liability? "I found this book very interesting. Due diligence is
one of those functions that happens way before us 'IT'ers' get
involved and so this is a useful insight into the work that happens
up front and the evidence we can obtain for our work even if we
were not involved in the initial due diligence." Chris Evans, ITSM
Specialist "Being new to this subject I found the guidance solid
and presented in an excellent style. I found it an excellent and
informative read." Brian Johnson, CA When you merge with or acquire
another business, you also gain their IT and data. In an ideal
world this integration would be seamless and easy. In reality,
however, this is often not the case. Mergers can, for example, lead
to the loss of sales systems or to badly configured data. The
problems don't stop in the computer room, either - they affect the
whole of the business and the success of the merger/acquisition.
Don't make a risky mistake Businesses and investors use due
diligence reviews to ensure such deals do not have nasty hidden
surprises. Many overlook the IT systems and services of the
businesses they are acquiring, however, and push information risk
management (IRM) professionals to the sidelines in the due
diligence process. In a world of increasing cyber attacks and
information security threats, this can be a very risky mistake to
make. Product overview Reviewing IT in Due Diligence provides an
introduction to IRM in due diligence, and outlines some of the key
IT issues to consider as part of the due diligence process. For
those new to the process, it explains how to conduct an IT due
diligence review, from scoping to reporting, and includes
information on post-merger integration to realise business benefits
from the deal. For more experienced practitioners, Reviewing IT in
Due Diligence provides fresh insight into the process, highlighting
issues that need to be addressed, and provides a business case for
IRM involvement in the due diligence process. Topics covered
include: Why IT is important to due diligence The importance of IT
security System reviews and data reviews Reviewing projects and
changes in progress IT service provision value for money IT due
diligence reporting Post-merger integration Comprehensive case
studies are included throughout the book. About the authors Bryan
Altimas has over 32 years' experience of technology risk
management, having led teams performing technology due diligence,
and having advised organisations in numerous business sectors,
locations and circumstances on the effectiveness of their
technology strategy in delivering business objectives. He is a
qualified accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC). He
left KPMG in 2014 after 17 years, having contributed to their IT
due diligence methodology. Chris Wright is a qualified accountant
and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) with over 30
years' experience providing financial and IT advisory and risk
management services. He worked for 16 years at KPMG, where he
managed a number of IT due diligence reviews and was head of
information risk training in the UK. He has also worked in a wide
range of industry sectors including oil and gas, small and medium
enterprises, public sector, aviation and travel. He is the author
of Agile Governance and Audit, which is also available from ITGP.
Understand the key IT issues that need to be considered in the due
diligence process - buy this book now.
Climate change is the most important issue now facing humanity. As
global temperatures increase, floods, fires and storms are becoming
both more intense and frequent. People are suffering. And yet,
emissions continue to rise. This book unpacks the activities of the
key actors which have organised past and present climate responses
- specifically, corporations, governments, and civil society
organisations. Analysing three elements of climate change -
mitigation, adaptation and suffering - the authors show how
exponential growth of the capitalist system has allowed the fossil
fuel industry to maintain its dominance. However, this hegemonic
position is now coming under threat as new and innovative social
movements have emerged, including the fossil fuel divestment
movement, Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion and others. In
exposing the inadequacies of current climate policies and pointing
to the possibilities of new social and economic systems, this book
highlights how the worst impacts of climate change can be avoided.
Beyond text? Critical practices and sensory anthropology is about
the relationship between anthropological understandings of the
world, sensory perception and aesthetic practices. It suggests that
if different sensory experiences embody and facilitate different
kinds of knowledge, then we need to develop new methods and more
creative forms of representation that are not based solely around
text or on correspondence theories of truth. The volume brings
together leading figures in anthropology, visual and sound studies
to explore how knowledge, sensation and embodied experiences can be
researched and represented by combining different visual, aural and
textual forms which it demonstrates through an accompanying DVD.
The book and DVD make an argument for a necessary, critical
development in anthropological ways of knowing that take place not
merely at the level of theory and representation but also through
innovative fieldwork methods and media practices. -- .
This book sets a new standard as a work of reference. It covers
British and Irish art in public collections from the beginning of
the sixteenth century to the end of the nineteenth, and it
encompasses nearly 9,000 painters and 90,000 paintings in more than
1,700 separate collections. The book includes as well pictures that
are now lost, some as a consequence of the Second World War and
others because of de-accessioning, mostly from 1950 to about 1975
when Victorian art was out of fashion. By listing many tens of
thousands of previously unpublished works, including around 13,000
which do not yet have any form of attribution, this book becomes a
unique and indispensable work of reference, one that will transform
the study of British and Irish painting. Published for the Paul
Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
We have been cruising and exploring polar waters since the
nineteenth century, but very little has been written about them.
Drawing on expert research, Of Penguins and Polar Bears seeks to
rectify this, and looks at activity in both the Antarctic and
Arctic waters - the homes of the penguins and the polar bears - to
provide insight into how the passenger trades developed in these
regions. With over a hundred stunning pictures, this is a must-have
gazetteer for anyone thinking about cruising the Earth's 'last
frontier'. From William Bradford's cruise to Greenland in a
seal-hunting boat in 1869 to the newest builds of the twenty-first
century, let Arctic expert Christopher Wright take you on a journey
through lands less travelled.
Some people are their own worst enemies. For others, it might be a
horde of robot pirates. Or carnivorous candy. Or even the devil
himself. But victor has dealt with all that and was left
unimpressed. Now he's content to spend his days in hell with his
dead girlfriend, Emma. Everything is perfect. Until the appearance
of a mysterious stranger pulls Victor back into action. Joined once
again by Captain Valiant and the intrepid crew of The Adventure
Galley, will Victor uncover the secret of the Sidewalk Shadow in
time? Or will he blow it like he always does? Find out when The
Sidewalk Shadow Disengages Gravity
Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, a
definitive manifestation of the well-worn links between progress
and devastation. This book explores the complex relationship that
the corporate world has with climate change and examines the
central role of corporations in shaping political and social
responses to the climate crisis. The principal message of the book
is that despite the need for dramatic economic and political
change, corporate capitalism continues to rely on the maintenance
of 'business as usual'. The authors explore the different processes
through which corporations engage with climate change. Key
discussion points include climate change as business risk,
corporate climate politics, the role of justification and
compromise, and managerial identity and emotional reactions to
climate change. Written for researchers and graduate students, this
book moves beyond descriptive and normative approaches to provide a
sociologically and critically informed theory of corporate
responses to climate change.
Many auditors are now encountering Agile management methodologies
for the first time. In some cases, this can cause problems for the
audit process because the methodology is very different from
traditional approaches. Aside from the difficulties faced by the
auditor, an ineffective audit can have a negative effect on an
Agile project by giving a false impression of its progress. It
might even harm the final project outcome. Written for auditors and
Agile managers, Agile Governance and Audit bridges the gap between
traditional auditing approaches and the requirements of Agile
methodologies. It provides an overview of Agile for auditors and
other risk professionals who have not encountered the approach
before. The book also tells Agile teams what auditors and risk
professionals need, and the sort of questions they are likely to
ask. Each chapter includes hints and tips for auditors, and a
selection of case studies is included to illustrate the practical
issues involved in auditing Agile projects. This makes it an ideal
book for any auditor encountering the Agile methodology, and any
Agile teams preparing for a management audit. This book will enable
you to understand how to get the most out of Agile audits, whatever
your role.
The Echo of Things is a compelling ethnographic study of what
photography means to the people of Roviana Lagoon in the western
Solomon Islands. Christopher Wright examines the contemporary uses
of photography and expectations of the medium in Roviana, as well
as people's reactions to photographs made by colonial powers in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For Roviana people,
photographs are unique objects; they are not reproducible, as they
are in Euro-American understandings of the medium. Their status as
singular objects contributes to their ability to channel ancestral
power, and that ability is a key to understanding the links between
photography, memory, and history in Roviana. Filled with the voices
of Roviana people, The Echo of Things is both a nuanced study of
the lives of photographs in a particular cultural setting and a
provocative inquiry into our own understandings of photography.
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