Author: Robert F. Vodde
Publisher: Cambria Press
Keywords: training, police, effective, instruction, andragogical
Number of Pages: 466
Published: 2009-09-18
List price: $129.99
ISBN-10: 160497608X
ISBN-13: 9781604976083

This book details a 2-year study that examined and compared the efficacy of an andragogical instructional methodology to that of a traditional, prescriptive, pedagogical, and militaristic format of basic police training. The study not only revealed that an andragogical approach yielded greater outcomes in terms of skills and competencies, but was preferred among recruits, in great part due to the emphasis placed on experiential learning and a collegiate and collaborative approach to learning. In his research, Robert F. Vodde identified six thematic, categorical constructs by which basic police

Authors:Craig Larman, Bas Vodde,
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Keywords: large, development, offshore, product, scale, scrum, multisite, scaling, amp, agile, practices, lean
Number of Pages: 624
Published: 2010-02-08
List price: $49.99
ISBN-10: 0321636406
ISBN-13: 9780321636409

Lean and Agile Development for Large-Scale Products: Key Practices for Sustainable Competitive Success   Increasingly, large product-development organizations are turning to lean thinking, agile principles and practices, and large-scale Scrum to sustainably and quickly deliver value and innovation. Drawing on their long experience leading and guiding lean and agile adoptions for large, multisite, and offshore product development, internationally recognized consultant and best-selling author Craig Larman and former leader of the agile transformation at Nokia Networks Bas Vodde share the key ac