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  1-10 of 10 Reviews about "Management/Maintenance (K.8.3)": Date Reviewed
  Clarity PPM fundamentals
Velpuri R., Das A., Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2011. 344 pp.  Type: Book (978-1-430235-57-6)

If managing any single project is a complex endeavor in itself, then imagine the burden on a large company when it needs to manage dozens of them at the same time. From this need emerged the discipline of portfolio management: keeping ...

Jul 16 2012
  Dynamic user task composition based on user preferences
Mukhtar H., Belaïd D., Bernard G. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems 6(1): 1-17, 2011.  Type: Article

In pervasive environments, several devices are present at any given time; many of these perform the same, or similar, tasks. Thus, when a user wants to perform a task, he can choose the device best suited for it. Though this may seem t...

Aug 4 2011
  Lifehacker: 88 tech tricks to turbocharge your day
Trapani G., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 2006.  Type: Book (9780470050651)

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who just plod through any given task, diligently putting one foot in front of the other, and those for whom the lingering question always remains: “There must be a better...

Jun 21 2007
  Personal autonomic computing self-healing tool
  Engineering of computer-based systems (Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer-Based Systems (ECBS’04),May 24-27, 2004) 5132004.  Type: Proceedings

In this paper, Sterritt and Chung present a proof-of-concept self-healing tool for a personal computer (PC) environment. They begin by outlining the goals of their field of research, autonomic computing, which is a computing environmen...

Dec 29 2005
  The one-minute risk assessment tool
Tiwana A., Keil M. Communications of the ACM 47(11): 73-77, 2004.  Type: Article

Tiwana and Keil present a risk assessment tool for information and communications technology (ICT) projects that they developed after finding that conventional tools took too much time, were highly complex, and often produced misleadin...

Dec 28 2004
  Troubleshooting your PC (2nd ed.)
Aspinwall J., Burke R., Todd M., MIS:Press, New York, NY, 1994.  Type: Book (9781558283787)

Books that attempt to troubleshoot computer problems vary widely. At one end of the spectrum are books containing specific instructions that tell someone exactly what keys to push to eliminate a problem, without giving any further info...

May 1 1995
  Repairing IBM PCs and compatibles: an illustrated guide
Hordeski M., Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1992. 259 pp.  Type: Book (9780830638994), Reviews: (2 of 3)

I read with interest the review of my book,Repairing IBM PCs and compatibles: an illustratedguide, in the August 1994 issue of <CR>. My conclusionis that the reviewer must be writing for the type of person that goe...

Feb 1 1995
  Repairing IBM PCs and compatibles: an illustrated guide
Hordeski M., Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1992. 259 pp.  Type: Book (9780830638994), Reviews: (3 of 3)

The review was written bearing in mind the statement on the book’sback cover: “exactly how to troubleshoot andrepair all of the components and peripherals that comprise today’s PCsystems” ...

Feb 1 1995
  Repairing IBM PCs and compatibles: an illustrated guide
Hordeski M., Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1992. 259 pp.  Type: Book (9780830638994), Reviews: (1 of 3)

The intended audience of this puzzling book is not clear. Nearlyall of the information is very dated (so much so that I expected to finda date of 1987, not 1992, on the copyright page)....

Aug 1 1994
  Memory management and multitasking beyond 640K
Bailes L., Mueller J., Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1992.  Type: Book (9780830634569)

I have monitored many online discussions (or arguments) on the memory management of MS/PC-DOS systems that left me more confused than edified. In this text, the authors have produced a reference text that clarifies many of the obscure...

Jun 1 1993
 
 
 
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