Red admiral agility

Phenology and parasitism of the red admiral butterfly Bassaris gonerilla (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Population densities of the endemic red admiral butterfly, Bassaris gonerilla, were monitored over two summers on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. Egg-laying usually begins in September and ends in late May. Peaks in egg, larval and adult densities suggest that B. gonerilla completes two full generations per season and in favourable years, a third generation is started but not completed. Populatio...

Assessing Agility

A technique is described that uses goals to assess the agility of software development teams and shows how it can be used with some examples. The agile assessment can be used to make investment decisions and process alterations. Value stream mapping is seen as an important technique in analysing processes.

adapting agility

people and project management issues rather than technical issues.4 Agile methods (see the related sidebar on page 22) are a recent set of development techniques that apply a human-centered approach to software production.5 The agile approach aims to deliver high-quality products faster, producing satisfied customers. We conducted an empirical study to investigate whether agile methods change a...

Extending Software Project Agility with New Product Development Enterprise Agility

Admiral Nursing: combining specialist dementia and hospice care

More people are living longer in old age [1]. In the UK alone, the percentage of older people (aged 65 years and over) has grown by 47% since 1974 increased to make up nearly 18% of the total population in 2014 [2]. The numbers of those reaching the oldest ages are increasing the fastest: in 2008, there were 1.3 million people in the UK aged 85 and over, with this expected to increase to 1.8 mi...