Most people have experienced--at least once in their lives--the incomparable thrill of being part of a great team effort. They can remember the unity of purpose they experienced, the powerful passion that inspired them, and the incredible results they achieved. People who have been on a great team can attest that the difference between being on a team with a shared vision and being on a team without one is the difference between joy and misery. In 1996, Jim and Michele McCarthy, after successful careers leading software development teams at Microsoft and elsewhere, set out to discover a set of repeatable group behaviors that would always lead to the formation of a state of shared vision for any team. They hoped for a practical, communicable, and reliable process that could be used to create the best possible teams every time it was applied. They established a hands-on laboratory for the study and teaching of high-performance teamwork. In a controlled simulation environment, their principle research and teaching effort--the McCarthy Software Development BootCamp--challenged dozens of real-world, high-tech teams to produce and deliver a product. Teams were given a product development assignment, and instructed to form a team, envision the product, agree on how to make it, then design, build, and ship it on time. By repeating these simulations time after time, with the new teams building on the learning from previous teams, core practices emerged that were repeatedly successful. These were encoded as patterns and protocols. Software for Your Head is the first publication of the most significant results of the authors' unprecedented five-year investigation into the dynamics of contemporary teams. The information in this book will provide a means for any team to create for itself a compelling state of shared vision. 0201604566B09042001

Software for Your Head: Core Protocols for Creating and Maintaining Shared Vision

Computers & Technology

McCarthy, Jim

McCarthy, Michele

Programming

Addison-Wesley Professional

Three books are reissued for a limited time in a special boxed edition: ""Software Project Survival Guide, Software Development"", and ""Debugging the Development Process"". The trio are from the Best Practices series, emphasizing practical, process-oriented techniques and timeless tips.

Software Engineering Classics: Software Project Survival Guide/ Debugging the Development Process/ Dynamics of Software Development (Programming/General)

McConnell, Steve

Maguire, Steve

Microsoft Press

Michele's journey into the fulness of the Holy Spirit serves as an encouragement to all those who have boldly prayed, "Jesus, I want all You have for me!" -Pastor Parkey Cobern Shattered, Stirred, and Shaken is a gripping story of how a woman broken by depression is super naturally transformed into a woman whose heart dances with joy. I'm not only a reader, I'm a life-witness to a story not only well-told, but well-lived. -Linda Evans Shepherd; author of Praying Through Every Emotion, founder of the Arise Esther Movement.Is the Holy Spirit calling you to the bold, exciting, power-filled Christian life? Have you wondered if there is more? Share Michele's eye-opening spiritual journey "from here to there." Are you searching? A new Christian? An experienced believer? Fed up or dried up? As a Christian for decades, I recently learned the scope of the gospel is beyond everything I had ever been taught. Allow yourself to set aside preconceived notions. Unwrap the box we easily put God in to take hold of the "more" He offers. Join me in a story of healing, hunger, and humor. Undiluted transparency, a medical horror story, perplexed church leaders, and zany God encounters fold together into an unexpected adventure with Jesus. Your name is on the invitation.

Shattered, Stirred and Shaken: Living the Book of Acts: My Journey from Here to There

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Trilogy Christian Publishing

Aunt Ida Clare

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Elk Lake Publishing, Inc.

“Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because it is hard.”—William Zinsser On Writing Well 30th Anniversary Edition, p.9Zinsser is spot on. The effort to capture the right words creates moments of both delight and despair. Inspired one moment. Hopeless the next. And when discouraged, a writer will do anything to avoid the act of writing. The nine women of Living Write Texas know from experience the ups and downs of life at the keyboards. Collectively we have written for a total of 128 years. Among our endeavors: 21 books, hundreds of blog posts, newsletters, magazine and newspaper articles, stage plays, and even a songwriter of 30 years. Our fair share of grins and grief were included in the process.Our goal for this book is simple: to support Christian writers at all levels to actively pursue the mission they believe God calls them to fulfill. To encourage, educate, and engage aspiring authors in the process of transferring the words they carry in their heart to the written page.Consider us your “come alongside friends” who share our insights, wins, and misses. We’ve learned to talk one another off the ledge and discovered helpful tools and tips. We trust God’s purpose in our lives and honor the gift of the written word. We believe you do, too - even when a dumpster fire for all those pages seems tempting. Why? Because like you—we are commissioned to pursue that for which the Lord has called us—we’re in for the long haul. And we’d love some more travel buddies.

The Write Calling: Encouragement for the Writer’s Heart

McPherson, Laura

DeArmond, Deb

Carpenter, Becky

Nabors, Donna

Gardner, Karen DeArmond

Thompson, Leslie J.

Altebaumer, Lori

Tedford, Sharon

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