To achieve consistent software project success under the pressures of today's software development environment, software organizations require achievable plans including viable estimates of schedule, resources, and risks. To estimate realistically, you must understand how to apply sound estimation processes, tools, and data. Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves is a practical, hands-on discussion of the software estimation, planning, and control process. This includes critical factors that impact estimates, methods for selecting and applying appropriate measures to projects, proper software sizing, and processes to identify and manage risk. The authors use their expertise in sizing, estimation, process engineering, and risk management to clearly demonstrate problems that make many estimates crumble and solutions that provide successful project plans. The book offers insight not available anywhere else, enabling you to recognize and avoid downstream impacts resulting from poor estimates.

To achieve consistent software project success under the pressures of today's software development environment, software organizations require achievable plans including viable estimates of schedule, resources, and risks. To estimate realistically, you must understand how to apply sound estimation processes, tools, and data. Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves is a practical, hands-on discussion of the software estimation, planning, and control process. This includes critical factors that impact estimates, methods for selecting and applying appropriate measures to projects, proper software sizing, and processes to identify and manage risk. The authors use their expertise in sizing, estimation, process engineering, and risk management to clearly demonstrate problems that make many estimates crumble and solutions that provide successful project plans. The book offers insight not available anywhere else, enabling you to recognize and avoid downstream impacts resulting from poor estimates.

This book is about a little girl who becomes lost from a wagon train. She overcomes many obstacles while trying to survive in the wilderness. Along the way she meets Cochise, an Apache Indian known for his ferocity. She becomes respected far and wide, as the Moutain Spirit, a giver of life.

Elsa gains the respect of the people of Texas, and the Apache Indians as she grows to maturity

This is not a war story and I never anticipated it to be. It is a love story, in my opinion (I am biased) a story of love, tears, tragedy and then love again. Perhaps with an added touch of the goodness that people oftentimes find in each other. The minute you begin to write about a military man, you are going to have war. You have to read beyond what our "Jake" experienced to get to "my ending."

This is a story of thirteen-year-old girl in 1875 who was saved from hanging as a cattle rustler. She goes on to have many adventures and becomes a legend among the Apaches and her own people.

A compilation of short stories to make you smile, laugh and maybe tweak your mind.

Alex is an 18 year old woman who has inherited a 100 square mile ranch from her deceased parents. She must make life and death decisions on a daily basis.

This is a story of a young boy who runs away from home, has many adventures leading up to his adulthood,his love and his success as an adult.