"Artful Making" offers the first proven, research-based framework for engineering ingenuity and innovation. This book is the result of a multi-year collaboration between Harvard Business School professor Robert Austin and leading theatre director and playwright Lee Devin. Together, they demonstrate striking structural similarities between theatre artistry and production and today's business projects--and show how collaborative artists have mastered the art of delivering innovation "on cue," on immovable deadlines and budgets. These methods are neither mysterious nor flaky: they are rigorous, precise, and--with this book's help--absolutely learnable and reproducible. They rely on cheap and rapid iteration rather than on intensive up-front planning, and with the help of today's enabling technologies, they can be applied in virtually any environment with knowledge-based outputs. Moreover, they provide an overarching framework for leveraging the full benefits of today's leading techniques for promoting flexibility and innovation, from agile development to real options.

0672324806.ld The definitive guide to the latest version of Borlands powerful C++Builder. Provides complete coverage of C++Builder Web Services development, now a key component of C++Builder. Borland C++Builder remains best in class IDE over the past 5 years for C++ solutions. Written by a team of top C++Builder experts with expertise in a variety of technical areas related to C++ application development. C++Builder 6 Developers Guide is revised for the latest version of C++Builder, the biggest update to C++Builder in years. C++Builder is an ANSI C++ IDE. The version 6 adds BizShape, a tool to build Web Services using XML/SOAP, .NET, and BizTalk from Microsoft, and SunONE from Sun Microsystems. Other new components include WebSnap for Web application development, DataSnap for database development, and CLX, which allows cross-platform development for Unix and Linux. The new NetCLX Internet components allow development of cross-platform applications with Apache, Microsoft IIS, and Netscape Web Server applications. C++Builder 6 Developers Guide continues as the definitive guide for Borlands C++Builder, providing a clear and concise reference for C++ developers. C++Builder Developers Guide is a unique combination of over 35 C++Builder experts from around the globe. This team brings hundreds of thousands of working hours in professional software development to the creation of this extensive work. Leading the team are Jarrod Hollingworth, Bob Swart, Mark Cashman. and Paul Gustavson. Jarrod is running Backslash (http://www.backslash.com;au), loping software applications for the Internet and key business sectors and working as a software development consultant. Bob (aka. Dr.Bob) is an internationally recognized UK Borland Connections member and an independent technical author, trainer, and consultant using C++Builder, Kylix, and Delphi based in The Netherlands. Mark Cashman is an independent C++ developer in the U.S. Paul Gustavson lives in Virginia and is a senior systems engineer for Synetics, Inc., a U.S.-based company providing knowledge management, systems engineering, and enterprise management services.

A gentle introduction to game programming on the Windows platform for the complete beginner.

Coverage is given of Delphi 4's new features with a focus on enabling applications for Internets and Intranets, client/server environments, and basic component creation. The tutorial uses the effective 21-day teaching tool to walk a new programmer through component construction and programming in Delphi.

Readers can learn the basics of C++ in an easy task-oriented format. The book is not focused on any one particular compiler, so it may be used with any of the C++ compilers on the market including Microsoft, Borland, and Watcom. The CD contains a C++ compiler, all sample source code from the text, and third-party programming tools.