In response to feedback asking for examples in other sectors and questions about how to understand costs more accurately, five essays have been added to the book for this new edition. These essays demonstrate how real companies have taken on the challenge of improving their extended value streams working in collaboration with their suppliers and customers. The new essays for th...(展开全部)

Jeff Patton，在过去二十多年的经历中，Jeff Patton得到一个教训：虽然设计和构建软件的正确方式并不只有只有一种，但错误的更是多得数不胜数。 Jeff有十五年丰富的产品经验，做过网上飞机零件预定和电子病历卡等，主要是帮助客户组织改进工作方式。在很多开发流程都只着眼于交付速度和效率时，Jeff早已经在此基础上同时兼顾交付具有非凡价值并且能获得市场成功的软件产品。早在2000年，Jeff加入一个早期的极限编程团队以来，就一直专注于敏捷方法，尤其专长于把有效用户体验设计和产品管理实践融入扎实的工程实践当中。目前，Jeff的身份是独立顾问、敏捷过程教练、产品设计过程教练和导师。他针对敏捷产品管理各个主题所发表过的文章、随笔和PPT都可以从agileproductdesign.com和Alistair Cockburn的Crystal Clea...(展开全部)

Jeff Patton，在过去二十多年的经历中，Jeff Patton得到一个教训：虽然设计和构建软件的正确方式并不只有只有一种，但错误的更是多得数不胜数。 Jeff有十五年丰富的产品经验，做过网上飞机零件预定和电子病历卡等，主要是帮助客户组织改进工作方式。在很多开发流程都只着眼于交付速度和效率时，Jeff早已经在此基础上同时兼顾交付具有非凡价值并且能获得市场成功的软件产品。早在2000年，Jeff加入一个早期的极限编程团队以来，就一直专注于敏捷方法，尤其专长于把有效用户体验设计和产品管理实践融入扎实的工程实践当中。目前，Jeff的身份是独立顾问、敏捷过程教练、产品设计过程教练和导师。他针对敏捷产品管理各个主题所发表过的文章、随笔和PPT都可以从agileproductdesign.com和Alistair Cockburn的Crystal Clea...(展开全部)

The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author Robert K. Logan examines the origin, emergence, and co-evolution of language, the human mind, and culture. Bui...(展开全部)

The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author Robert K. Logan examines the origin, emergence, and co-evolution of language, the human mind, and culture. Bui...(展开全部)

Today a brain scan reveals our thoughts, moods, and memories as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. We can actually observe a person's brain registering a joke or experiencing a painful memory. Drawing on the latest imaging technology and the expertise of distinguished scientists, Rita Carter explores the geography of the human brain. Her writing is clear, accessible, witty,...(展开全部)

Today a brain scan reveals our thoughts, moods, and memories as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. We can actually observe a person's brain registering a joke or experiencing a painful memory. Drawing on the latest imaging technology and the expertise of distinguished scientists, Rita Carter explores the geography of the human brain. Her writing is clear, accessible, witty,...(展开全部)

Thirty years after the publication of The Female Eunuch , Germaine Greer is back with the sequel she vowed never to write. "A marvelous performance--. No feminist writer can match her for eloquence or energy; none makes [us] laugh the way she does."-- The Washington Post In this thoroughly engaging new book, the fervent, rollicking, straight-shooting Greer, is, as ever, "th...(展开全部)