Mark W. Schwartz Soon after we came into extensive meadows: and I was assured that those meadows continue for a hundred and fifty miles. being in winter drowned lands and marshes. By the dryness of the season they were now beautiful pastures, and here presented itself one of the most delightful prospects I have ever beheld; all low grounds being meadow, and without wood, and all of the high grounds being covered with trees and appearing like islands: the whole scene seemed an elysium. Capt. Thomas Morris. 1791 I am sitting in a 60-mile-an-hour bus sailing over a highway originally laid out...

Covering data collection, current research, methods, and applications, this book demonstrates the accomplishments, progress over the last decade, and future potential of phenology as an integrative environmental science.

Do you really understand what business value is? Information technology can and should deliver business value. But the Agile literature has paid scant attention to what business value means and how to know whether or not you are delivering it. This problem becomes ever more critical as you push value delivery toward autonomous teams and away from requirements tossed over the wall by business stakeholders. An empowered team needs to understand its goal Playful and thought-provoking, The Art of Business Value explores what business value means, why it matters, and how it should affect your...